HANS HOFMANN -- A 1940s ORIGINAL ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST SIGNED PAINTING, FRAMED

Description: WELCOME TO OUR ART-MODERNE NEW SPRING ARRIVALS !!! HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966) AN ORIGINAL FRAMED OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS (An Untitled Abstract Expressionist Work) Circa 1949 SIGNED: HANS HOFMANN (Estimated Price Range: US$ 750,000 to US$ 1,000,000+) Now HIGHLY REDUCED to WAY BELOW MARKET VALUE !!! HANS HOFMANN was a German-born American painter, renowned as both an artist and a teacher. His career spanned two generations and two continents, and is considered to have both preceded and influenced Abstract Expressionism. Hofmann emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1930. He brought with him a deep knowledge of French art, gleaned from years spent in Paris before World War I, in the company of Picasso, Braque, Leger and Delaunay, and this proved crucial in spreading European Modernist styles and ideas in the United States. He taught Lee Krassner, Helen Frankenthaler and Larry Rivers, and he formed a close relationship with Jackson Pollock. Hofmann's own style represented a fusion of various modes, and his later work made a powerful contribution to Abstract Expressionism. Hofmann believed fervently that a modern artist must remain faithful to the flatness of the canvas. To suggest depth and movement in the picture---to create what he called "push and pull" in the image---artists should create contrasts of color, form, and texture. Nature was the origin of art, Hofmann believed, and no matter how abstract his pictures seemed to become, he always sought to maintain in them a link to the world of objects. Even when his canvases seemed to be only collections of forms and colors, Hofmann argued that they still contained the suggestion of movement---and movement was the pulse of nature. Although renowned for his ideas, Hofmann once said that "painters must speak through paint, not through words." And his own foremost medium of expression was color: "The whole world, as we experience it visually," he said, "comes to us through the mystic realm of color." THE PAINTING A rare late-1940s ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING, executed in RED, BLUE, YELLOW and other colors, on LINEN-CANVAS. The image depicts MULTI-COLORED, PAINTED ABSTRACT SHAPES. There is a DYNAMISM and sense of MOTION in this painting, an intended effect by Hofmann. It is a SIGNED, ORIGINAL, ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST PAINTING. This is most definitely an ORIGINAL SIGNED PAINTING by hand and NOT a litho, print or copy of any kind. The image view-size measures: 40 1/2" x 30 1/4" (103 cm x 77 cm). The LARGE wood-frame measures: 42 1/4" x 32" (107.25 cm x 81.25 cm). The painting is SIGNED, in the lower-right: Hans Hofmann. NOT DATED, circa 1949. PLEASE NOTE: Under eBay's rules and regulations we have to sell this original painting as in the manner of, or in the style of Hans Hofmann, as there were no official or recognized COAs or gallery documents attached when we acquired the work. Hence, although all aspects feel correct, it must be offered for sale on eBay, as is, in Hans Hofmann's style. In GOOD CONDITION. Could benefit from a professional cleaning in the future. A TERRIFIC example of Hans Hofmann's work from the mid-20th century period, very scarce and highly-collectible. We have REDUCED this rare oil painting greatly to way below normal market values! Please review RECENT MAJOR AUCTION HOUSE RECORDS for comparison. This is a BUY-IT-NOW DISCOUNTED ITEM !!! Also with the option to make a BEST OFFER if you prefer! Now with a FURTHER $75,000 taken OFF of the SALE price! Serious buyers, please e-mail us for the PROVENANCE. *Please view our OTHER Newly-Offered MODERNIST ARTWORKS this week! 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Price: 675000 USD

Location: Beverly Hills, California

End Time: 2024-08-02T20:00:01.000Z

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