Scottsdale Art Auction
Live Auction

April 2025 | Session I (Lots 1-180)

Fri, Apr 11, 2025 04:00PM EDT
Lot 90

Frank Hoffman (1888-1958) 36 x 41 1/2 inches

Estimate: $6,000 - $10,000
Sold for

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Artist: Frank Hoffman; Title: Prospector and Burros; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 36 x 41 1/2 inches; Signed: Signed lower right; Verso: Signed verso; Framed/Base: 45 x 50 inches This lot's overall appearance is Good. This piece was evaluated under a black light. Some minor craquelure lines scattered around the painting. 1/4" x 3/4" area of paint loss on man's chest revealing yellow underpaint.
Overall Dimensions
Height: 45.00
Width: 50.00

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John Pogzeba, Santa Fe, New Mexico Walter Reed Bimson, Phoenix, Arizona, circa 1970 Valley National Bank of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona Private collection, Arizona Exhibitions: The West and Walter Bimson: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, 1971

Literature: The West and Walter Bimson, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, 1971: p. 91 Born in Chicago and raised in New Orleans, Frank Hoffman was destined to head to Europe for World War I except he had poor eyesight and was rejected for service. Instead, he went West to live with cowboys and Native Americans. He settled in Taos, where he studied with Leon Gaspard and worked in dual worlds—fine art and illustration. He later bought and expanded his Hobby Horse Ranch, where he raised a variety of animals, including burros.