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Karl Hofer

Lot 26
Mann und Frau, 1948
Oil on canvas

35.4 x 27.6 in (90.0 x 70.0 cm)
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Lot 26
Mann und Frau, 1948
Oil on canvas
35.4 x 27.6 in (90.0 x 70.0 cm)
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
Auction: 12 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Feb 15, 2025 03:12 PM
Auction number: 564
Auction name: Online Sale
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Lot Details
Oil on canvas. Monogrammed and dated in upper right. 90 x 70 cm.
- Karl Hofer creates distinct modern aesthetics through a reduced composition and the use of flat colors. - With an intimate aesthetic characterized by distance and a sense of strangeness, he was a visionary chronicler of his time. - Karl Hofer's figure paintings were exhibited alongside Dix, Grosz and Beckmann in the legendary exhibition "German Art of the 20th Century" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1957.
LITERATURE: Karl Bernhard Wohlert (ed.), Markus Eisenbeis (ed.), Karl Hofer. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. 3, Cologne 2007, no. 2143 (B) - - Carl Hofer, Das Selbstverständliche und das Artistische in der Kunst. Ein Beitrag zum Ismenkampf und zum eigenen Werk, in: Thema. Zeitschrift für die Einheit der Kultur, issue 1.1949/50, issue 1, p. 36 (illu.) Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Moderne Kunst, 161st auction, Munich May 27, 1991, lot 51 (illu. in color on p. 75 and on the title).
Karl Hofer, Magistrat von Groß-Berlin, Galerie des 20. Jahrhunderts, Berlin 1948. Karl Hofer Städtische Galerie Schloss Oberhausen 1962, cat. 11 Karl Hofer, Baukunst Galerie Köln, Cologne 1978, no. 85 Karl Hofer, Baukunst Galerie Köln, Cologne 1982, no. 39 (here erroneously 80 x 70 cm). Karl Hofer, Baukunst Galerie Köln, Cologne 1984, no. 20 (here erroneously 80 x 70 cm)
Hofer Estate, no. 106 Wirnitzer list 159 Private collection Karlsruhe. Private collection Southern Germany (through Galerie W.Ketterer in 1991, ever since family-owned)
In good condition. A few, very small, expertly retouched spots are recognizable under ultraviolet light in the upper left part of the image [EH].
Lot Details
Oil on canvas. Monogrammed and dated in upper right. 90 x 70 cm.
- Karl Hofer creates distinct modern aesthetics through a reduced composition and the use of flat colors. - With an intimate aesthetic characterized by distance and a sense of strangeness, he was a visionary chronicler of his time. - Karl Hofer's figure paintings were exhibited alongside Dix, Grosz and Beckmann in the legendary exhibition "German Art of the 20th Century" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1957.
LITERATURE: Karl Bernhard Wohlert (ed.), Markus Eisenbeis (ed.), Karl Hofer. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. 3, Cologne 2007, no. 2143 (B) - - Carl Hofer, Das Selbstverständliche und das Artistische in der Kunst. Ein Beitrag zum Ismenkampf und zum eigenen Werk, in: Thema. Zeitschrift für die Einheit der Kultur, issue 1.1949/50, issue 1, p. 36 (illu.) Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Moderne Kunst, 161st auction, Munich May 27, 1991, lot 51 (illu. in color on p. 75 and on the title).
Karl Hofer, Magistrat von Groß-Berlin, Galerie des 20. Jahrhunderts, Berlin 1948. Karl Hofer Städtische Galerie Schloss Oberhausen 1962, cat. 11 Karl Hofer, Baukunst Galerie Köln, Cologne 1978, no. 85 Karl Hofer, Baukunst Galerie Köln, Cologne 1982, no. 39 (here erroneously 80 x 70 cm). Karl Hofer, Baukunst Galerie Köln, Cologne 1984, no. 20 (here erroneously 80 x 70 cm)
Hofer Estate, no. 106 Wirnitzer list 159 Private collection Karlsruhe. Private collection Southern Germany (through Galerie W.Ketterer in 1991, ever since family-owned)
In good condition. A few, very small, expertly retouched spots are recognizable under ultraviolet light in the upper left part of the image [EH].
1 other work by Karl Hofer
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194-028348/0004 Ohne Titel , 1923
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