Hans Hofmann - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Estate of the Artist
    André Emmerich Gallery, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1988

  • Exhibited

    New York, Kootz Gallery, April 27 - May 20, 1953, no. 2
    New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Hans Hofmann Retrospective, June 20 - September 16, 1990, no. 45, p. 195 (illustrated, p. 50)
    Boston University Art Gallery, Provincetown Prospects, The Works of Hans Hofmann and His Students, January 22 - February 27, 1994, pp. 4, 16
    Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County Museum of Art, American Vanguards, January 21 - April 28, 1996, p. 90 (illustrated with incorrect orientation, p. 86)
    West Palm Beach, Norton Gallery & School of Art, 1997 (on extended loan)

  • Literature

    Clement Greenberg, “Hans Hofmann: Grand Old Rebel”, ARTNews, vol. 57, no. 9, January 1950, fig. 1, pp. 28, 29 (illustrated, p. 26)
    Fritz Bultman, “The Achievement of Hans Hofmann”, ARTnews, vol. 62, no. 5, September 1963 (illustrated, p. 44)
    Cynthia Goodman, Hans Hofmann, New York, 1986, p. 40
    Robert Taylor, “Step into ‘Provincetown’ and out of Winter”, Boston Globe, February 11, 1994, pp. A21-A22
    Suzi Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume II: 1901-1951, London, 2014, no. 135, p. 84 (illustrated)

Ο121

Pilgrim Heights View - Provincetown

titled, numbered, inscribed and dated "Pilgrim Hights vue [sic] Provincetown 1936 104" on the reverse
oil on board
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1936.

Estimate
$60,000 - 80,000 

Sold for $100,000

Contact Specialist
John McCord
Head of Day Sale, Morning Session
New York
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 May | On View at 432 and 450 Park Avenue