Live Auction 15969Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
Hans Hofmann (1880-1966)
Lot 654 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALVIN AND MARY BERT GUTMAN

Hans Hofmann (1880-1966)

Symphony in the Sky

Closed18 May 2018

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USD 468,500

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Hans Hofmann (1880-1966)
Symphony in the Sky
signed and dated 'hans hofmann 60' (lower right); signed again twice, inscribed, titled and dated 'Symphony in the sky hans hofmann 1960 presented as a gift to Hyman Artz II.9.65 hans hofmann' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
28 x 35 ½ in. (71.1 x 90.1 cm.)
Painted in 1960.

Hyman Artz, gift of the artist
Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1972

Specialist note

"Colour is the keyboard. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano, with its many strings. The artist is the hand that sets the soul vibrating by means of this or that key" (Kandinsky, ‘On the Spiritual in Art,’ in K. Lindsay & P. Vergo eds., op. cit., p. 160).