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- Dimensions
- 14.75ʺW × 1.38ʺD × 18.75ʺH
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Brand
- Various Artists
- Styled After
- Lee Krasner
- Period
- 1960s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Lithograph
- Metal
- Paper
- Plexiglass
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Orange
- Condition Notes
- It is in excellent condition. The print is in excellent clean vintage condition consistent with age, light signs of handling, … moreIt is in excellent condition. The print is in excellent clean vintage condition consistent with age, light signs of handling, and very light minor surface wear. It is brand newly custom framed and has never been displayed. Please see photos for condition reference. less
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This Hans Hofmann rare vintage 1960 Mid Century Modernist custom framed Abstract Expressionist lithograph print " Exaltment " 1947, is …
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This Hans Hofmann rare vintage 1960 Mid Century Modernist custom framed Abstract Expressionist lithograph print " Exaltment " 1947, is an incredibly special and unique piece to add to your collection.
The Modernist lithograph print is published by Shorewood Publishers Inc., printed in The United States in 1960 in an unnumbered limited edition. It features an artwork image originally created by Hofmann in 1947 titled " Exaltment ", Addison Gallery of Art, Phillips Academy, Andover Mass.
Lithographs issued in the 1960's by Shorewood Publishing represent the gold standard of 20th Century American fine art printing. These lithographs were painstakingly produced to match the colorimetry of the originals, with the most accurate possible detail and subtlety. Paper and inks were carefully chosen for the most felicitous effect.
Hans Hofmann ( 1880 - 1966 ) German born, is one of the most important painters of The Post War Abstract Expressionist Movement. His work is distinguished by a rigorous concern with pictorial structure, spatial illusions, and color relationships. He believed that Abstract Art was a way to get at the important reality. He famously stated that " The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary that the necessary can speak ".
He was both an artist and an educator with his own schools of painting in New York and Provincetown. His alumni included Lee Krasner, Helen Frankenthaler, Louise Nevelson, Ray Eames, and John Grillo among many others.
Major retrospective exhibitions of his work have been held by The Museum of Modern Art New York, and The Tate Museum London among many other international exhibitions. The artworks of Hans Hofmann are less
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