HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966)
HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966)
HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966)
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HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966)

Flowers of the Mind

Details
HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966)
Flowers of the Mind
signed and dated 'Hans Hofmann 65' (lower right); signed again, titled, dedicated and dated again 'to Dr. Paul Lambert Schmitz- hans & Renate Flowers of the mind 1965' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1965.
Provenance
Dr. Paul Lambert Schmitz, Germany, gift of the artist, 1965
Estate of the artist, 1973
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Donald M. Feuerstein, New York, 1982
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Marc Sanders, Princeton, New Jersey
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 18 November 1992, lot 3
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1998
Literature
Art & Auction, vol. XVI, no. 6, New York, January 1994 (illustrated on the back cover).
J. Yohe, ed., Hans Hofmann, New York, 2002, p. 262 (illustrated).
S. Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume III (1952-1965), Farnham, 2014, p. 471, no. P1584 (illustrated).
Exhibited
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Selected Works, January-February 1993.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Hans Hofmann: Paintings Large and Small, November 1994-January 1995.
Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin, Hans Hofmann: Das Spätwerk, October-November 1997, p. 20 (illustrated).
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, A Theater of Art II, August-October 1998, n.p. (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

“Hofmann, now working at the peak of production few younger artists could sustain, is one of our major masters. He is a symbol of both the international origins of American painting and its subsequent world influence. It is a sign of greatness, in the career of an artist, when his personal development cannot be separated from that of his epoch; such is the case with Hofmann” (W. Seitz, Hans Hofmann, exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1963, p. 7).

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