Hans Hofmann (German/American, 1880-1996) - Red Faces

Initialed ‘HH’ and inscribed illegibly bottom right, stamped with the ‘Estate of Hans Hofmann’ stamp and numbered M-543, oil on canvas board.
Executed in 1945.
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61cm)

Provenance

The Estate of the Artist.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, New York (acquired from the above in 1981).
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California (acquired from the above in 1981).
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1981).
Karen Amiel, New York (acquired from the above in 1989).
James Barron, New York (acquired from the above in 1989).
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1989).
Dr. Julian Katz and Dr. Sheila Moriber Katz, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania (acquired directly from the above in 1992).

Exhibition

“Hans Hofmann,” David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, Canada, December 3, 1977-January 3, 1978.

Literature

Suzi Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume II, Burlington, Vermont: Lund Humphries, 2014, no. P547 (illus.).