Hans Hofmann
First Blaze of the Rising Sun
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000 USD
Price realised: 3.075.000 USD
Price realised: 3.075.000 USD
Description
HANS HOFMANN (1880-1966)
First Blaze of the Rising Sun
signed and dated 'hans hofmann 63' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'First blaze of the rising sun 1963 hans hofmann' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1963.
First Blaze of the Rising Sun
signed and dated 'hans hofmann 63' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated again 'First blaze of the rising sun 1963 hans hofmann' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1963.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Hans Hofmann achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November this year. In the Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale auction, the work First Blaze of the Rising Sun sold for USD 3,075,000.00 (€ 2,819,031.90) - well above the upper estimate of USD 1,500,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Hans Hofmann - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Leise Zieht Durch Mein Gemüt Liebliches Geläute (Mellow Sound Of Bells Rings Gently Through My Mind), which sold at auction in November 2018 for USD 8,597,150.00 (€ 7,592,643.29).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Hans Hofmann erzielte im November diesen Jahres bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale wurde die Arbeit First Blaze of the Rising Sun für USD 3.075.000,00 (€ 2.819.031,90) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 1.500.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Hans Hofmann mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Leise Zieht Durch Mein Gemüt Liebliches Geläute (Mellow Sound Of Bells Rings Gently Through My Mind) beobachtet, die im November 2018 für USD 8.597.150,00 (€ 7.592.643,29) versteigert wurde.
Hans Hofmann - Auction history
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