Lot 654
654
Hans Hofmann (1880-1966)
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALVIN AND MARY BERT GUTMAN
Hans Hofmann (1880-1966)

Symphony in the Sky

Details
Hans Hofmann (1880-1966)
Symphony in the Sky
signed and dated 'hans hofmann 60' (lower right); signed again twice, inscribed, titled and dated 'Symphony in the sky hans hofmann 1960 presented as a gift to Hyman Artz II.9.65 hans hofmann' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
28 x 35 ½ in. (71.1 x 90.1 cm.)
Painted in 1960.
Provenance
Hyman Artz, gift of the artist
Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1972
Literature
S. Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Vol. III (1952-1965), Farnham, 2014, p. 283, no. P1289 (not illustrated).

Lot Essay

"Colour is the keyboard. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano, with its many strings. The artist is the hand that sets the soul vibrating by means of this or that key" (Kandinsky, ‘On the Spiritual in Art,’ in K. Lindsay & P. Vergo eds., op. cit., p. 160).

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