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personGerman-American, 1880–1966
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Selected Works429

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Previous Sales 220

Christie's
Untitled No. 14
Untitled No. 14
$889,000
May 2026
Christie's
Aquatic Garden
Aquatic Garden, 1960
Bought In
May 2026
Christie's
Atelier (Still Life: Table with White Vase)
Atelier (Still Life: Table with White Vase), 1938
$254,000
Apr 2026
Sotheby's
String Quartet
String Quartet, 1960
$1,514,000
Nov 2025
Christie's
Tivoli
Tivoli, 1958
$1,397,000
Nov 2025
Sotheby's
Abstraction in White
Abstraction in White, 1954
€295,077 ($295k USD)
Oct 2025
Sotheby's
The Herald
The Herald, 1951
Unknown
Oct 2025
Christie's
Hazy Sun
Hazy Sun, 1961
$327,600
May 2025
Christie's
Cascade
Cascade, 1960
$1,744,000
May 2025
Christie's
Two Pyramids
Two Pyramids, 1952
$163,800
Feb 2025
Christie's
Le bouquet du vine
Le bouquet du vine, 1964
$693,000
Nov 2024
Christie's
Blue Comet
Blue Comet, 1956
Bought In
Nov 2024
Christie's
Evening Blue
Evening Blue, 1958
€378,000 ($416k USD)
Nov 2024
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1959
$94,500
Oct 2024
Sotheby's
Lava
Lava, 1960
$3,690,000
May 2024
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled
$10,000
Mar 2024
Sotheby's
Provincetown Wharf
Provincetown Wharf, 1939
$48,260
Nov 2023
Christie's
First Blaze of the Rising Sun
First Blaze of the Rising Sun, 1963
$3,075,000
Nov 2023
Christie's
Flux No. 4 — A Cycle of Oil Paintings
Flux No. 4 — A Cycle of Oil Paintings, 1962
$75,600
May 2023
Christie's
Image in Black
Image in Black, 1950
Bought In
Dec 2022
Christie's
Orchestral Dominance in Red
Orchestral Dominance in Red, 1954
$945,000
Nov 2022
Sotheby's
Golden Glow
Golden Glow, 1965
$2,107,000
Nov 2022
Christie's
Gloria in Excelsis
Gloria in Excelsis, 1963
Bought In
Nov 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1956
$18,900
Nov 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled (Self Portrait)
Untitled (Self Portrait), 1935
Bought In
Oct 2022

For Sale 2

Heather James Fine Art · Artsy
The Indian
The Indian, 1944
US$200,000
Mixed media on paper
Heather James Fine Art · Artsy
Baal
Baal, 1947
US$715,000
Oil on canvas
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Market1,139 auction results

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$700 – $8.9M
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$752K
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$127K
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Paintings: $127K medianWorks on paper: $10.7K medianUnclassified lots: $12.8K medianPosters/ephemera: $2.0K median
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Publications7

Monograph 1

Hans Hofmann
Hatje Cantz · 2013

Exhibition Catalog 6

Hans Hofmann Author
Abrams · 2019
Hans Hofmann - Works on Paper
Yale University Press · 2017
Action Painting
Hatje Cantz · 2008
Hans Hofmann Author
Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications · 2006
Hans Hofmann
Prestel · 1990
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MIT Press · 1968
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Current Exhibitions1

Yale University Art Gallery

Hans Hofmann

Hans Hofmann

1111 Chapel St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

Nov 7, 2025 — Jun 28, 2026

Hans Hofmann November 7, 2025 – June 28, 2026

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Past Exhibitions17

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#68 Miles McEnery Gallery

Hans Hofmann

Hans Hofmann

525 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Apr 2, 2026 — May 9, 2026

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Irascible Hans Hofmann and the Contemporary Legacy of the New York School

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406 Broadway, Fl. 2

Dec 13, 2024 — Feb 1, 2025

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#3,265 Bookstein Projects

Hans Hofmann: On Paper

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39 E 78th St 4th Floor, New York, NY 10075, USA

Feb 20, 2020 — May 20, 2020

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)

Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction

Hans Hofmann

2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

Jan 1, 2019

Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction February 27–July 21, 2019 Spanning the entirety of the artist’s career, this exhibition presents a fresh and eye-open...

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction

Hans Hofmann

Jan 1, 2019

Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction February 27–July 21, 2019 Spanning the entirety of the artist’s career, this exhibition presents a fresh and eye-open...

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#611 Yares Art

Hans Hofmann The Last Decade - 1955 to 1965

Hans Hofmann

745 5th Ave, New York, NY 10151, USA

May 6, 2017 — Jul 1, 2017

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#68 Miles McEnery Gallery

HANS HOFMANN The Post-War Years: 1945-1946

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525 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Mar 23, 2017 — Apr 22, 2017

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HANS HOFMANN The Summer Studio

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525 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Jul 7, 2016 — Aug 12, 2016

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#4,024 Crane Kalman Gallery

Hans Hofmann Celebration of the Hans Hofmann Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings in association with Lund Humphhires

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178 Brompton Rd, London SW3 1HQ, UK

Jun 11, 2015 — Jul 11, 2015

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HANS HOFMANN Art Like Life is Real

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525 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Mar 15, 2012 — Apr 21, 2012

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HANS HOFMANN Works on Paper

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525 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Sep 8, 2011 — Oct 8, 2011

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HANS HOFMANN Neighbors in a Great Experiment

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525 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Mar 11, 2010 — Apr 17, 2010

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)

Nature into Action: Hans Hofmann

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2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

Feb 3, 2010 — Jul 3, 2011

Nature into Action: Hans Hofmann February 3, 2010–July 3, 2011 Drawn from BAMPFA's extensive Hans Hofmann collection, this installation reveals the relations...

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Hans Hofmann Late Small Paintings, 1952-1965

Hans Hofmann

875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60611

Nov 15, 1980 — Dec 15, 1980

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Hans Hofmann Works on Paper

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875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60611

Apr 7, 1978 — May 7, 1978

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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)

Hans Hofmann

Hans Hofmann

2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

Jan 1, 1966

Hans Hofmann May 3–August 3, 2008 A cornerstone of the Berkeley Art Museum collection is an extraordinary group of paintings by Hans Hofmann (1880–1966), the...

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Hans Hofmann

Hans Hofmann

Jan 1, 1966

Hans Hofmann May 3–August 3, 2008 A cornerstone of the Berkeley Art Museum collection is an extraordinary group of paintings by Hans Hofmann (1880–1966), the...

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Art Fair Appearances6

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TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2023
The Armory Show — New York
2021
The Armory Show — New York
2020
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2019
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2017
The Armory Show — New York
2016
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