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Eternal Style: A Private American Collection
Hans Hofmann
The Hand (Red Painting) [The Blue Hand]
Auction Closed
May 18, 09:51 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Eternal Style: A Private American Collection
Hans Hofmann
1880 - 1966
The Hand (Red Painting) [The Blue Hand]
signed hans hofmann and dated 48 (lower right)
oil on panel
44⅝ by 34⅝ in.
113.3 by 87.9 cm.
Executed in 1948.
Hyman Artzt, New York (acquired as a gift from the artist circa 1959)
Harold Diamond, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above in February 1976 by the present owner
Harold Diamond, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above in February 1976 by the present owner
Suzi Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume II: 1901-1951, Farnham, 2014, no. P692, p. 421