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¡ AMÉRICA ! From an Important European Collection

Hans Hofmann

The Herald

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October 24, 02:00 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 EUR

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¡ AMÉRICA ! From an Important European Collection

Hans Hofmann

1880 - 1966

The Herald


signed and dated 51 (lower right); inscribed, titled and dated 1951 (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

155 x 122 cm; 61 x 48 in.

Executed in 1951.

Collection of the Artist (1966 - 1996)

The Renate, Hans and Maria Hofmann Trust, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1996)

Ameringer, McEnery, Yohe, New York

Mark Borghi Fine Art, Palm Beach (acquired from the above in 2013)

Durban Segnini Gallery, Miami

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2013

New York, Kootz Gallery, New Paintings by Hans Hofmann, November - December 1951, p. 27

Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 39th Annual Exhibitions Contemporary American Paintings, June – August 1952

Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago; Minneapolis, The Walker Art Center, Adolph Gottlieb, Robert Motherwell, William Baziotes, Hans Hofmann, January – March 1953

Bennington, Vermont, Bennington College, A retrospective Exhibition of the Paintings of Hans Hofmann, May 1955, no. 21

Suzi Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume II: 1901-1951, Farnham 2014, no. P826, p. 506, illustrated in colour