ID 1435691
Lot 10 | Karl Hofer. Mädchen am Tisch mit Vase
Estimate value
€ 70 000 – 100 000
Title: "Mädchen am Tisch mit Vase".
Date: 1930.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Mounting: Relined.
Measurement: 80 x 65cm.
Notation: Monogrammed lower right: CH (ligated).
Enclosed: Certificate
Enclosed with this work is a photo expertise by Karl Bernhard Wohlert, Dortmund, dated 16th December 1994.
The painting is being offered on the basis of an amicable agreement between the consignor and the heirs of Hans Dittmayer.
Provenance:
- Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin
- Hans Dittmayer, Dresden (in 1939/1940 acquired from the previous owner)
- K. Michalová-Horákova, Prague (after 1946, the death of Hans Dittmayer)
- Nationalgalerie Galerie, Prague (prev. inv. no. 0-797, label, in 1960 acquired from the previous owner)
- Galerie Lodi, Munich (since 1970)
- Galerie Henze, Bern (since 1976)
- Private collection Solingen
- Galerie Neher, Essen (label)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (in 1994 acquired from the previous owner)
- Independent foundation in the care of the German Foundation Centre, Essen
Exhibitions:
- Nationalgalerie Prague, 1966, cat. no. 28
- Spalova Galerie, Prague 1966/1967
Literature:
- Wohlert, Karl Bernhard: Karl Hofer - Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. 2, VAN HAM Art Publications, Cologne 2007, cat. rais. no. 891(B), ill.
- Exhib. cat. Moderne Kunst, Galleria Henze, Bern 1978, cat. no. 55, ill.
- The motif of the contemplative, melancholy woman is a central motif in Hofer's oeuvre
- Lilac as a symbol of love, longing and innocence
- Closed provenance
- Depicting the human and not the human alone was Hofer's endeavour throughout his life and is wonderfully expressed here.
Artist: | Karl Hofer (1878 - 1955) |
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Applied technique: | Oil |
Auction house category: | Modern paintings, drawings, watercolours |
Artist: | Karl Hofer (1878 - 1955) |
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Applied technique: | Oil |
Auction house category: | Modern paintings, drawings, watercolours |
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