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Property from a Distinguished Boston Collection

Hans Hofmann

Flowering Branch

Auction Closed

May 18, 09:51 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Boston Collection

Hans Hofmann

1880 - 1966

Flowering Branch


signed hans hofmann and dated 53 (lower right)

oil on canvas

30 by 24 in.

76.2 by 61 cm.

Executed in 1953.

Kootz Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Philips, New York (acquired from the above in 1953)
Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co. New York, 26 October 1972, lot 1 
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Suzi Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume III: Catalogue Entries P847-PW89 (1952-1965), London, 2014, no. P916, p. 47, illustrated in color
Philadelphia Art Alliance, Hans Hofmann, 1956
New York, Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art; Des Moines Art Center; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Los Angeles, Art Galleries of the University of California; Seattle Art Museum; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Utica, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute; The Baltimore Museum of Art, Hans Hofmann, 1957-1958
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Hans Hofmann, 1963
Los Angeles, UCLA Art Gallery, Hans Hofmann, 1964, illustrated in color on the cover