HANS HOFMANN | Untitled

Estate of the artist
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston
Acquired from the above by the present owner in March 1979

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Under Development: Dreaming the MCA's Collection, April - August 1994, cat. no. 74

Suzi Villiger, Ed., Hans Hofmann Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume III: Catalogue Entries P847-PW89 (1952-1965), Surrey 2014, p. 498, cat. no. PW4, illustrated in color

This work is in very good condition overall. The edges are taped. The colors are very bright and fresh. The areas of impasto are stable. In the blue and white passage in lower right corner, there are some minor cracks visible only under close inspection. There is a small area of flaking in the center of the painting, approximately 11 in. from the bottom edge. In the upper section of the painting there are drying cracks which correspond to the grain of the wood panel. Under Ultraviolet inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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“Hofmann’s name continues to be the one that springs to mind when asked who, among all recent painters in this country, deserves most to be called a master in the full sense of the word.”
Clement Greenberg, "Hofmann," in Exh. Cat., New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art (and traveling), Hans Hofmann, 1990, p. 129