Le bouquet du vine

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HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966)
Le bouquet du vine
signed and dated 'hans hofmann 64' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'le bouquet du vine 1964 hans hofmann' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
84 x 71 5⁄8 in. (213.3 x 181.6 cm.)
Painted in 1964.

Provenance

Kootz Gallery, New York
Susan and David Workman, New York, 1964
Ann Loeb Bronfman
Estate of Edgar M. Bronfman
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

R. M. Coates, "The Art Galleries: Happy Birthday, Hans Hofmann," The New Yorker, 41, no. 2, 27 February 1965, p. 102.
Hess T. B., "The Mystery of Hans Hofmann," ARTnews, 63, no. 10, February 1965, p. 39 (illustrated).
S. Villiger, ed., Hans Hofmann Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume III: Catalogue Entries P847-PW89 (1952-1965), Surrey, 2014, p. 446, no. P1549 (illustrated).

Exhibited

New York, Kootz Gallery, Hans Hofmann, 85th Anniversary: Paintings of 1964, February-March 1965, n.p. (illustrated).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1965 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, December 1965-January 1966, p. 26, no. 53 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

"Hofmann’s late work continued a seamless evolution from previous lines of development… His earlier involvement with color, shape, composition and meaning now found new vehicles of expression, but did not change course. Instead, these new elements now attained an even more irresistible synthesis." Paul Moorhouse (P. Moorhouse, “The Structure of Imagination: Hofmann’s Late Paintings,” Hans Hofmann Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Volume I, pp. 55-56).

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