Frank B. Hoffman

Artist: Hoffman, Frank Date of Birth and Death: 1888-1958 Tile: Study for Building the Union Pacific Medium: Oil on board Dimensions: 12 x 16 inches Signed: Signed lower right Verso: n/a Auction Location: 7176 E Main Street, Scottsdale, Arizona, 85251, United States Taxes: CS (1.65%) SA (7.3%) Buyer's Premiums: From (Incl.) To (Excl.) Premium 0.00 500,000.00 15% 500,000.00 Infinite 12% Shipping Details: No Info Available Payment Details: Wire instructions: First Fidelity Bank 7401 E. Camelback Road Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Account Name: Scottsdale Art Auction Route # 122105184 Account # 6448301028 We accept all major credit cards and paypal up to $10,000.00 Accepted Payment Methods: See Payment Details BUYER’’’’S PREMIUM The purchase price payable by the Purchaser shall be the total of the final bid price PLUS A PREMIUM OF FIFTEEN PERCENT (15%) on any individual lot in the amount up to and including $500,000; TWELVE PERCENT (12%) on any individual lot on the amount in excess of $500,000. 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Frank B. Hoffman (1888-1958), "West of the Pecos" charcoal and watercolor on paper. Sight: 16.75"H x 29"W; Frame: 27.5"H x 40"W. Signed upper right, "Hoffman 16". Label verso: West of the Pecos, Property of Hazel Hoffman Sanders, February 25, 1969, Purchased March 12, 1970. Illustrated: American Magazine September 1931, #5283 Issue: Advance.

Frank B. Hoffman (1888-1958) Excitement a-Plenty, 1942 Signed "Hoffman" lower left Oil on masonite, 16 by 20 inches This painting, depicting sailfishing, was reproduced by Brown & Bigelow for the March 1943 Genesee Tool Company calendar. The calendar page has text on the reverse by Robert Page Lincoln titled "Salt Water Fishing." Provenance: Private Collection

Frank B. Hoffman (American, 1888-1958) Death Valley Scotty signed 'Hoffman' (upper left); titled (on the reverse) oil on canvasboard 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm.) Items Sold to Benefit the Denver Art Museum AcquisitionsFund Provenance Harmsen Art Museum Foundation, Golden, Colorado. Gift to the present owner from the above, 2001. Exhibited Denver, Colorado Historical Society, year unknown.

Frank B. Hoffman (American, 1888-1958) Kit Carson Returning to Taos signed 'Hoffman' (lower right); titled 'Kit Carson Returning to Taos' (on the reverse) oil on canvasboard 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm.) Prescott, Phippen Museum of Western Art, The Harmsen Collection of Western Art: Celebrating the Taos Influence, 22 April-2 August 1994.