Hans Hofmann

HANS HOFMANN

HANS HOFMANN THE POST-WAR YEARS: 1945 – 1946

AMERINGER McENERY YOHE

525 West 22nd Street New York NY 10011 tel 212 445 0051 www.amy-nyc.com

THE POST-WAR YEARS: 1945 – 1946 With the close of World War II, Hans Hofmann began to be involved with some themes that occupied his admired contemporaries Miró, Kandinsky and Arp, but which he interpreted in his own unique style and manner. Seen now with the perspective provided by the passing of more than four decades, Hofmann’s work of the later ‘40s continues to look as fresh and adventurous as when it was first seen by the small art world of that time. Hofmann’s spontaneity of line, the dynamism of his compositions, and his vivid palette show the mastery achieved during a full career spent in the pursuit of art: in 1945 Hofmann celebrated his 65th birthday. At the same time, the paintings of this period clearly announce and begin to define the grand thrust his art was to follow during the last two decades of his life.

André Emmerich, 1989

André Emmerich, “Introduction,” Hans Hofmann. New York: André Emmerich Gallery, 1989. Exhibition catalogue.

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Tropic

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Alchemy

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Cancer

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Telescope

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The Conjuror (Small Version)

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The Mannequin

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The Virgin

PLATE LIST Tropic, 1945 Oil on panel 22 x 26 1/2 inches 55.9 x 67.3 cm Lower right: “hans hofmann” HH cat. no. 361-1945 Estate no. M-0398 CR #P509

The Conjuror (Small Version), 1946 Oil on panel 25 x 30 inches 63.5 x 76.2 cm Lower right: “hans hofmann 46” HH cat. no. 116-1946 Estate no. M-0253 CR #P615

Provenance Estate of the artist (1966-1984) André Emmerich Gallery, New York (1984) Collection of Nicole (née Emmerich) and William Teweles, Milwaukee, WI (acquired 1984)

Provenance Estate of the artist (1966-1996) Renate, Hans and Maria Hofmann Trust (acquired 1996)

Alchemy, 1946 Oil on panel 35 x 30 inches 88.9 x 76.2 cm Lower right: “hans hofmann VII.23.46” HH cat. no. 607-1946 Estate no. M-0374 CR #P567

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Provenance Estate of the artist (1966-1996) Renate, Hans and Maria Hofmann Trust (acquired 1996) Cancer, 1946 Oil on panel 30 x 35 inches 76.2 x 88.9 cm Lower right: “hans hofmann VI.19.46” HH cat. no. 762-1946 Estate no. M-0378 CR #P586 Provenance Estate of the artist (1966-1996) Renate, Hans and Maria Hofmann Trust (acquired 1996) Telescope, 1946 Oil on panel 30 x 24 inches 76.2 x 61 cm Lower right: “I.15.46 / hans hofmann” Estate no. M-0384 CR #P569 Provenance Estate of the artist (1966-1996) Renate, Hans and Maria Hofmann Trust (acquired 1996)

The Mannequin, 1946 Oil on board 41 1/4 x 30 1/2 inches 104.8 x 77.5 cm Lower right: “hans hofmann VII 24.46.”

HH cat. no. 502-1946 Estate no. M-0158 CR #P593 Provenance Estate of the artist (1966-1996) Renate, Hans and Maria Hofmann Trust (acquired 1996) The Virgin, 1946 Oil on board 41 1/4 x 30 1/2 inches 104.8 x 77.5 cm Lower right: “hans hofmann VII 23 46” HH cat. no. 503-1946 Estate no. M-0132 CR #P592 Provenance Estate of the artist (1966-1996) Renate, Hans and Maria Hofmann Trust (acquired 1996)

Published on the occasion of the exhibition

HANS HOFMANN THE POST-WAR YEARS: 1945 - 1946 23 March – 22 April 2017

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Artwork photography by Christopher Burke Studios, New York, NY Portraits by Arnold Newman Collection, Arnold Newman, Getty Images Catalogue designed by HHA Design, New York, NY ISBN: 978-0-9979454-3-0 Cover: Tropic (detail), 1945 Special thanks to Susanne Emmerich for graciously allowing the reprint of André Emmerich’s introduction.

The Renate, Hans and Maria Hofmann Trust is exclusively represented by Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY.

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