Hans Hofmann Britta E Buhlmann (5 results)

Hardback. Condition: New. As an exponent of Abstract Expressionism, the dominant tendency in American painting in the 1950s, Hans Hofmann (b. Weißenburg, Germany, 1880; d. New York, USA, 1966) ranks among the preeminent artists of the twentieth century. As a teacher at his Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts, which he founded in 1933 after emigrating to the United States, he exerted a formative influence over a generation of young painters. With Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and others, he was a member of the illustrious New York School, a loose association of visual artists.In 1950 - Hofmann was spending time in Europe - he collaborated with the architects Josep Lluís Sert and Paul Lester Wiener on designs for colourful wall paintings to be executed on buildings in Chimbote, Peru. The urban masterplan they developed for the city's post-World War II expansion was never realized, and so Hofmann's intensely colourful works in large formats have been known only to specialists. The selection gathered in this book together with drawings and a city plan provides focused insight into a visionary project.…

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 65 illustrations, mostly full-page. 164 pages, gray cloth, red printed bellyband d.w. Ostfildern: Hatje Cants, (2013). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name. Hofmann, Hans (illustrator).…

4to, 208pp. Cloth spine on predominantly white pictorial boards, very lightly superficially marked. Numerous full-colour photographic reproductions of Hofman's early drawings, in additon to b/w photographic illustrations. A bright copy in near-fine condition. First edition. English and German text.

Condition: Good. 4to. Hard covers. Very Good. Gray cloth over boards. Very good dust jacket. 162 pp.Color plates throughout.Errata laid in.* There might be an additional charge due to the large size of the book.

Condition: Good. 4to. 164 pp. Square. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Color and black and white plates throughout. Text in German and English. Very Good, minor shelf wear.*Heavy book, shipping may cost extra.