Hans Hofmann - Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, May 15, 2024 | Phillips

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  • “The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color. Our entire being is nourished by it. This mystic quality of color should likewise find expression in a work of art.”
    —Hans Hofmann

    • Condition Report

    • Description

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    • Provenance

      Kootz Gallery, New York (1950)
      Fred Olsen, Guilford (acquired in 1950)
      Solomon & Co. Fine Art, New York
      Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1975

    • Exhibited

      New York, Kootz Gallery, Hans Hofmann: New Paintings, October 24–November 13, 1950, no. 2
      Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, American Paintings and Sculpture from Connecticut Collections, July 24–September 9, 1962
      Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, 20th Century Painting and Sculpture, October 28–December 6, 1965, no. 27, n.p.
      Washington, D.C., The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution; Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Hans Hofmann: A Retrospective Exhibition, October 14, 1976–April 3, 1977, no. 15, pp. 38, 58 (illustrated, p. 58)
      Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, The Long Island Collections, A Century of Art: 1880–1980, April 20–July 18, 1982, no. 103, p. 73 (illustrated)
      New York, James Goodman Gallery, Inc., Reframing the Brushstroke: Kline to Lichtenstein, Hofmann to Dine, November 2–29, 2017

    • Literature

      James Fitzsimmons, “Hofmann’s Nature,” The Art Digest, vol. 25, no. 3, November 1, 1950, p. 17
      Betty Holliday, “Reviews and Previews,” ARTnews, vol. 49, no. 3, November 1, 1950, p. 48
      Sam Hunter, Hans Hofmann, New York, 1963, pl. 32, pp. 7, 86 (illustrated, p. 86; erroneously catalogued as oil on plywood)
      "Hans Hofmann," Art in America, January–February, 1974, p. 9 (illustrated)
      Suzi Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume II: Catalogue Entries P1–P846 (1901–1951), London, 2014, no. P790, p. 483 (illustrated)

131

Magenta, Yellow and Black

signed and dated "hans hofmann 50" lower right
oil on canvas mounted to panel
42 1/8 x 60 in. (107 x 152.4 cm)
Painted in 1950.

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Estimate
$250,000 - 350,000 

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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 May 2024