Karl Hofer
HOFER, KARL
1878 Karlsruhe - 1955 Berlin
Title:
Junge mit Früchteschale.
Date:
ca. 1927.
Technique:
Oil on canvas.
Measurement:
79.5 x 59.5cm.
Notation:
Monogrammed lower right: CH (ligiert).
Frame/Pedestal:
Craftman's frame.
Provenance:
- Galerie A. Wenzel, Frankfurt/Main
- Sotheby's, New York, auction 14.2.1989, lot 53 (portrait of a young man)
- Private collection Mainz
- Private collection South Germany
Exhibitions:
- Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1928, p. 14, no. 121 (boy's portrait?)
- Berliner Secession, Berlin 1928, p. 17, no. 87 (?)
Literature:
- Wohlert, Karl Bernhard: Karl Hofer - Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Vollume 2, VAN HAM Art Publications, Cologne 2007, cat. rais. no. 766, ill.
- Rare depiction of a young man in Hofer's unmistakable painting style
- The introverted and melancholy mood typical of Hofer is masterfully rendered
- Privately owned for over 30 years.
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