Karl Hofer
HOFER, KARL
1878 Karlsruhe - 1955 Berlin
Title:
Katze.
Date:
1953.
Technique:
Oil on canvas.
Measurement:
72 x 91cm.
Notation:
Monogrammed and dated lower right: CH53 (ligated). Additionally titled on the stretcher top left: Katze.
Frame/Pedestal:
Craftman's frame.
Provenance:
- Estate Karl Hofer, no. 525
- Galerie Elfriede Wirnitzer, Baden-Baden, no. 249
- Private collection Hamburg
- Private collection South Germany
Exhibitions:
- Hochschule der Bildenden Künste, Berlin 1953, no. 184
- Kunstverein Hannover, 116. Spring exhibition, 1954, p. 22, no. 102 (Stillleben mit Katze)
Literature:
- Wohlert, Karl Bernhard: Karl Hofer - Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Volume 3, VAN HAM Art Publications, Cologne 2007, cat. rais. no. 2680 (B), ill.
- Unusual and at the same time lively depiction of animals embedded in a classical still life
- Symbolic late work of the artist
- The lute is a recurring motif and alludes to the academic painting of the old masters.
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