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Lot 3 | Karl Hofer | Im Süden (1)
Estimate
80.000
- 120.000
€
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Result
Unsold
HOFER, KARL1878 Karlsruhe - 1955 Berlin
Title: Im Süden (1).
Date: 1946.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 80 x 70cm.
Notation: Monogrammed and dated lower right: CH46 (in ligature). Inscribed verso with the number 425.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.
Provenance:
- Artist's estate, no. 431 (work falsely labelled number 425)
- Private collection Berlin
- Private collection Southern Germany
Exhibitions:
- Frankfurt Westend Galerie 1974, no. 21
Literature:
- Wohlert, Karl Bernhard: Karl Hofer - Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. 3, VAN HAM Art Publications, Cologne 2007, cat. rais. no. 1948, ill.
- One of the internationally sought-after figure compositions
- A group of figures of bathing men in an Italian landscape, painted in an unmistakable style
- Hofer's importance is based above all on his characteristic interpretations of the human image
In 2008, VAN HAM Art Publications published the three-volume catalogue raisonné of Karl Hofer's paintings by Karl Bernhard Wohlert. In 2012, VAN HAM Art Publications founds the Karl Hofer Committee and in 2015, VAN HAM Art Publications presents the catalogue raisonné of sketchbooks.
www.karlhofer.info.
Title: Im Süden (1).
Date: 1946.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 80 x 70cm.
Notation: Monogrammed and dated lower right: CH46 (in ligature). Inscribed verso with the number 425.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.
Provenance:
- Artist's estate, no. 431 (work falsely labelled number 425)
- Private collection Berlin
- Private collection Southern Germany
Exhibitions:
- Frankfurt Westend Galerie 1974, no. 21
Literature:
- Wohlert, Karl Bernhard: Karl Hofer - Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. 3, VAN HAM Art Publications, Cologne 2007, cat. rais. no. 1948, ill.
- One of the internationally sought-after figure compositions
- A group of figures of bathing men in an Italian landscape, painted in an unmistakable style
- Hofer's importance is based above all on his characteristic interpretations of the human image
In 2008, VAN HAM Art Publications published the three-volume catalogue raisonné of Karl Hofer's paintings by Karl Bernhard Wohlert. In 2012, VAN HAM Art Publications founds the Karl Hofer Committee and in 2015, VAN HAM Art Publications presents the catalogue raisonné of sketchbooks.
www.karlhofer.info.
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