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HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966)
Yellow Space
signed and dated 'hans hofmann 49' (lower right); stamped with the Estate of Hans Hofmann stamp and numbered 'M-968' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
60 x 42 in. (152.4 x 106.7 cm.)
Painted in 1949.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Renate, Hans and Maria Hofmann Trust, 2002
Ameringer Yohe Fine Art, New York, 2002
Private collection, 2002
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, 2010
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2010
Literature
I. Hoesterey, 'New York', Art International, vol. 20 no. 6, 1976, p. 32 (illustrated).
S. Muchnic, 'Galleries: La Cienega Area.' Los Angeles Times, 5 June 1981, p. 4.
Y. Haruhara, "Art and history intersect in U.S. ambassador's residence", The Japan Times, 31 August 2000, p. 17 (illustrated).
J. Yohe, ed., Hans Hofmann, New York, 2002, p. 126 (illustrated).
'Gallery Watch: San Francisco', Art & Antiques, vol. 26 no. 6, June 2003, p. 22 (illustrated).
S. Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume II (1901-1951), Farnham, 2014, p. 438, no. P716 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Kootz Gallery, Recent Paintings by Hans Hofmann, November-December, 1949, n.p. (illustrated).
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Hans Hofmann: The Years 1947-1952, April 1976, n.p. (illustrated).
Los Angeles, Asher/Faure Gallery, Hans Hofmann: Paintings: Presented by André Emmerich, May-June 1981.
San Francisco, John Berggruen Gallery, Hans Hofmann: Paintings 1937-1961, April-May 1989.
Washington, D.C., ART in Embassies Program, April 1998-March 2001.
San Francisco, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, Pairings: Discovered Dialogues in Postwar Abstractions, July-August 2003, p. 17 (illustrated).
San Francisco, Hackett-Freedman Gallery, Hans Hofmann: Structure and Sensation, December 2003-January 2004.
Miami Art Museum, Between Here and There: Modern and Contemporary Art From the Permanent Collection, February-July 2010.
Germany, Musee Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern and Neumarkt, Museum Lothar Fischer, Hans Hofmann- Chimbote, Colors for the New City, April 2022-January 2023, pp. 2 and 13 (illustrated).
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