ID 849704 
Lot 2  | Karl Hofer
Valeur estimée
€ 50 000 – 70 000 
1878 Karlsruhe - 1955 Berlin
Title: "Frau mit sieben Männern".
Date: 1954.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 90 x 120.5cm.
Notation: Monogrammed and dated lower right: CH54 (in ligature).
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.
Provenance:
- Artist's estate, no. 374
- Galerie Elfriede Wirnitzer, Baden-Baden, no. 368
- Baukunst-Galerie, Cologne
- Private collection Southern Germany
Exhibitions:
- Baukunst Cologne 1975, cat. no. 149, ill.
- Galerie Raab, Berlin 1998, cat. no. 13
- Galerie Baumgartl, Munich 2001, w/o cat. no., p. 81, ill.
Literature:
- Wohlert, Karl Bernhard: Karl Hofer, Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. 3, VAN HAM Art Publications, Cologne 2007, cat. rais no. 2800(B), ill.
- Tamms, Werner: Ernte eines tragischen Lebens, in: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (Essen), no. 65, 18.3.1975
- Blechen, Camilla (information on the exhibition of late works by Hofer in the Galerie Raab, Berlin) in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, no. 259, 7.11.1998, p. 43
- Müller-Mehlis, Reinhard: Qual und Aufschrei. Das Spätwerk von Karl Hofer in München, in: Handelsblatt (Düsseldorf), no. 91, 11/12.5.2001, p. 55
- Painted in three versions one year before Hofer's death, among others with the title "Nächtliche Szene" ("Nocturnal Scene")
- Exceptionally dense group of figures
- Mysterious character study showing all the human facets of nocturnal calm and restlessness.
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| Artiste: | Karl Hofer (1878 - 1955) | 
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| Technique appliquée: | Huile | 
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Art moderne | 
| Artiste: | Karl Hofer (1878 - 1955) | 
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| Technique appliquée: | Huile | 
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Art moderne | 
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