ID 849709
Lot 7 | Karl Hofer
Estimate value
€ 35 000 – 55 000
1878 Karlsruhe - 1955 Berlin
Title: Wanderer.
Date: 1945.
Technique: Oil on fibreboard.
Measurement: 75 x 50cm.
Notation: Monogrammed and dated lower right: CH 45 (in ligature).
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.
Provenance:
- Artist's estate
- Baukunst, Cologne
- Private collection Berlin
Exhibitions:
- Magistrat von Groß-Berlin, 1948, no. 43
- Baukunst, Cologne 1978, no. 58/ 1982, no. 27/ 1984, no.11
- Schloss Cappenberg, Selm 1991, p. 147
- Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig 2004/05, p. 130, ill.
Literature:
- Wohlert, Karl Bernhard: Karl Hofer, Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. 2, VAN HAM Art Publications, Cologne 2007, cat. rais. no. 1905, ill.
- Söneland, S.: Was aber bleibt, ist der Mensch, in: National-Zeitung (Berlin), no. 155, 4.10.1948
- Heumann: Bilder von Karl Hofer, in: Volksblatt (Berlin-Spandau), no. 721, 14.10.1948, p. 2
- Schneider, Konrad: Riss und Heilung, in: Der Kurier (Berlin), no. 242, 16.10.1948, p. 3
- Impressive, melancholic depiction of a couple wandering in a rocky landscape
- The motif of wandering can be interpreted here as a homeless and searching wandering
- Particularly in the 1930s and 1940s, Hofer critically examines contemporary events, which he translates into a timeless pictorial language.
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| Artist: | Karl Hofer (1878 - 1955) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil |
| Auction house category: | Modern Art |
| Artist: | Karl Hofer (1878 - 1955) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil |
| Auction house category: | Modern Art |
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