Lot 12
  • 12

Hans Hofmann

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Hans Hofmann
  • Afternoon on the Harbor
  • signed and dated 39; signed and titled on the reverse
  • oil on panel
  • 30 by 36 in. 76.2 by 91.4 cm.

Provenance

Estate of the Artist
André Emmerich Gallery, Inc., New York (acquired in 1989)
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Kootz Gallery, Hans Hofmann: The First Showing of Landscapes Created from 1936-1939, April - May 1953

Literature

Sam Hunter, Hans Hofmann, New York, 1963, pl. 3, n.p., illustrated (referenced in this citation as Toward the Evening in the Provincetown Harbor)
Suzi Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Vol. II: 1901-1951, London, 2014, cat. no. P242, p. 147, illustrated

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. There are vertical hairline cracks in the pigment that run intermittently along the top edge. There is light wear at the extreme edges of the board. Under Ultraviolet light, there is evidence of restoration at the lower center edge, in the pink pigment and at the upper left edge. Framed.
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