Karl Hofer 1878 Karlsruhe - 1955 Berlin Lot n° 26

HOFER, KARL 1878 Karlsruhe - 1955 Berlin Title: Frau mit Blumen. Date: 1952. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 90 x 65cm. Notation: Monogrammed and dated lower right: CH52 (ligated). Frame/Pedestal: Framed. The painting was examined and confirmed by the Karl Hofer Committee on 7 October 2021. Provenance: - Estate Hofer no. 243 - Wirnitzer no. 252 - A.M. Bänninger, Berlin/Zurich - Galerie Baukunst, Cologne - Private collection South Germany Exhibitions: - Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Berlin 1953, no. 163 - Galerie G. Rosen, Berlin 1956, no. 10 - Akademie der Künste Berlin/Kunstmuseum Winterthur, 1965/66, p. 62, no. 87 (Mädchen mit Blumen) - Galerie Baukunst, Cologne 1967, no. 70, ill. - Kulturamt Salzburg, 1975, no. 30, ill. - Galerie Baukunst, Cologne 1978, no. 127 Literature: - Wohlert, Karl Bernhard: Karl Hofer - Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. 2, VAN HAM Art Publications, Cologne 2007, cat. rais. no. 2453, ill. - M. Krause, Essens Kunstmarkt bürgt für Qualität, in: Westdt. Allg. Ztg. (Essen), no. 268, 16.11.1985, ill. - Family-owned for more than 40 years - Particularly colourful and high-contrast work - Masterly realisation of his depiction of women in characteristic pictorial language. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction.