Norton Museum of Art 2024 Gala Auction | Hosted by Sotheby’s
Norton Museum of Art 2024 Gala Auction | Hosted by Sotheby’s
Huê Thi Hoffmaster
Wrong About the Rain No. 9
Lot Closed
February 5, 08:24 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Huê Thi Hoffmaster
b. 1982
Wrong About the Rain No. 9
Executed in 2023.
Signed on the reverse
Oil on canvas
58 x 44 in. (147.3 x 111.7 cm)
Framed: 62 x 50 in. (157.5 x 127 cm) approx
Please note that while this auction is hosted on Sothebys.com, it is being administered by the Norton Museum of Art (the “Norton”), and all post-sale matters (inclusive of invoicing and property pickup/shipment) will be handled by the Norton. As such, Sotheby’s will share the contact details for the winning bidders with the Norton so that they may be in touch directly post-sale.
Courtesy of Eric Firestone Gallery
Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Huê Thi Hoffmaster has spent his early career exploring the full spectrum of abstraction and representation; his current work reflects the formal breadth of his vision. Oscillating between improvisation and meticulous rendition, Hoffmaster arranges his bouquets with realistic blossoms alongside heavy bursts of color. The arrangements alternatively materialize as portrait-like studies and severely playful “scenes” that ride the line between non-objective abstraction and representational image making. Hoffmaster’s thickets of paint threaten to outgrow the boundaries of his canvas as he actively cultivates tension — between Eastern and Western aesthetic traditions, curiosity and cognizance, the seen and unseen.