Karl Hofer

Karl Hofer 1878 - 1955 Sitzende mit Buch. Um 1937. Oil on canvas. 100 x 70 cm (39.3 x 27.5 in). [AW]. • A compelling female portrait with exceptionally delicate colors. • Karl Hofer’s melancholic depictions of women are among the artist’s most sought-after works. • Hofer’s works are in numerous major public collections, including the Museum Folkwang in Essen, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. • In family possession for nearly 60 years. PROVENANCE: Private collection, Vienna. Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the aforementioned in 1968, Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer). In the family’s possession ever since. EXHIBITION: Kunst aus Krefelder Sammlungen in Haus Greiffenhorst 1904–1974, Krefelder Kunstverein, Krefeld, Oct. 20–Nov. 20, 1974, cat. no. 60 (with ill.; dated ca. 1932). LITERATURE: Karl Bernhard Wohlert (ed. ), Markus Eisenbeis (publ.), Karl Hofer. Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. 2, Cologne 2008, CR no. 1301 (with b&w illustration on p. 247). - - Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 1st Auction, May 17, 1968, lot 409 (with b&w illustration on p. 103; dated ca. 1925). “Girls and young women alone, in pairs, in groups, in nature, indoors, by the window, with plants and flowers, standing, sitting, lying down—all these variations form motifs that could not be more typical of Karl Hofer’s paintings.” Karl-Heinz Weis, Karl Hofers Mädchen mit Blumen, in: Exhibition catalog Karl Hofer. Von Lebensspuk und stiller Schönheit, Hamburg 2012, p. 114 Lebensspuk und stiller Schönheit, Hamburg 2012, S. 114. Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 13.05 h +/- 20 min.

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