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Karl Hofer

Lot 8
Sich Abtrocknende mit Turban, 1941
Oil

24.0 x 18.1 in (61.0 x 46.0 cm)

Lot 8
Sich Abtrocknende mit Turban, 1941
Oil
24.0 x 18.1 in (61.0 x 46.0 cm)

Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000
Auction: 2 days

Van Ham Kunstauktionen

City: Cologne
Auction: Nov 27, 2024
Auction number: A525
Auction name: Modern, Post War & Contemporary, Evening Sale

Lot Details
HOFER, KARL1878 Karlsruhe - 1955 Berlin


Title: Sich Abtrocknende mit Turban.
Date: 1941.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 61 x 46cm.
Notation: Monogrammed and dated lower right: CH 41 (ligated).
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.


Provenance:
- Private collection New York (directly from the artist)
- Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, auction 11th February, 1953, lot 70
- Private collection Bremen
- Galerie Bertram, Bremen (label)
- Private collection Rhineland
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Literature:
- Wohlert, Karl Bernhard: Karl Hofer - Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. 2, VAN HAM Art
Publications, Cologne 2007, cat. rais. no. 1537, ill.

- Hofer's work combines stylistic elements of Expressionism and New Objectivity
- Unusual, modern variation on the motif of the 'bather'
- Unmistakable, minimalist visual language.
Lot Details
HOFER, KARL1878 Karlsruhe - 1955 Berlin


Title: Sich Abtrocknende mit Turban.
Date: 1941.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 61 x 46cm.
Notation: Monogrammed and dated lower right: CH 41 (ligated).
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.


Provenance:
- Private collection New York (directly from the artist)
- Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, auction 11th February, 1953, lot 70
- Private collection Bremen
- Galerie Bertram, Bremen (label)
- Private collection Rhineland
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Literature:
- Wohlert, Karl Bernhard: Karl Hofer - Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. 2, VAN HAM Art
Publications, Cologne 2007, cat. rais. no. 1537, ill.

- Hofer's work combines stylistic elements of Expressionism and New Objectivity
- Unusual, modern variation on the motif of the 'bather'
- Unmistakable, minimalist visual language.

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