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Aquatic Garden
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Description
Hans Hofmann
1880 - 1966
Aquatic Garden
signed and dated 60 (lower right); signed, titled and dated 1960 (on the reverse)
oil on Upson board
95 ¾ by 47 ¾ in.
248.3 by 121.3 cm.
Executed in 1960.
Estate of the artist
Renate, Hans and Maria Hofmann Trust (acquired from the above in 1996)
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York
Private Collection
Phillips New York, 16 November 2017, lot 31 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Robert M. Coates, "The Art Galleries: The Splendid Century," The New Yorker, 37, no. 6, 25 March, 1961, p. 128
Irving H. Sandler, "Reviews and Previews," ARTnews, 60, no. 2, April 1961, p. 10
Lawrence Smith, "In the Galleries: Hans Hofmann," Arts, 35, no. 7, April 1961, p. 58
Sam Hunter, Hans Hofmann, New York, 1963, pl. 119, illustrated
Cynthia Goodman, Hans Hofmann, New York, 1986, p. 81
James Yohe, ed., Hans Hofmann, New York, 2002, p. 208, illustrated in color
Karen Wilkin, "Becoming Hans Hofmann," Art & Antiques, 36, no. 5, May 2013, p. 74, illustrated
Suzi Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume III: 1952-1965, London, 2014, no. P1253, p. 258, illustrated
New York, Kootz Gallery, Hans Hofmann, March 1961
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution and Houston, Museum of Fine Art, Hans Hofmann: A Retrospective Exhibition, October 1976 - April 1977, no. 43, p. 84, illustrated
Los Angeles, Gagosian Gallery, A Time & Place: East and West Coast Abstraction from the '60s and '70s, July - August 2005
New York, Ameringer Yohe Fine Art, Hans Hofmann: The Unabashed Unconscious; Reflections on Hofmann and Surrealism, March - April 2006, p. 53, illustrated
Chicago, KN Gallery, Hans Hofmann: Exuberant Eye, May - June 2007, p. 11 and 45, illustrated
New York, Hollis Taggart Galleries, Gesture and Abstraction: AbEx Gallery Selections, October - November 2011
New York, Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, Hans Hofmann: Art Like Life Is Real, March - April 2012, pp. 11 and 47, illustrated
Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Hans Hofmann: Magnum Opus, March 9 - June 16, 2013, pp. 87 and 144, illustrated