Sale: 591 / Day Sale, June 07. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 124001129
Lot 124001129 
124001129
Karl Hofer
Zeitungslesende junge Frau, 1953.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 32,400 - 43,200
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Zeitungslesende junge Frau. 1953.
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated in the lower left corner. Inscribed “Hamburg” on the reverse of the canvas. 100.2 x 65.1 cm (39.4 x 25.6 in). [AW].
• Hofer's portraits of enigmatic women are among the artist's most compelling creations.
• Exhibited during the artist's lifetime in 1953.
• Subtly balanced colors in Karl Hofer's typically minimalist style.
• Formerly part of the collection of Walter Farmer (1911-1997), “Monuments Man” and director of the Central Collecting Point in Wiesbaden.
• Part of the same private collection for 50 years.
PROVENANCE: Walter Farmer and Renate Hobkirk Collection, Cincinnati (acquired from the artist in 1953/54).
Renate Hobkirk Collection, Spain/Germany (1960s).
Private collection, Canada (acquired from the above in 1975).
EXHIBITION: Karl Hofer anlässlich seines 75. Geburtstages, Hochschule für bildende Künste, Berlin, Sep. 12–Oct. 15, 1953, cat. no. 180 (“Lesendes Mädchen” [Girl Reading], with the exhibition label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Modern Art in Revolution 1900-1956, Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, May 19-June 17, 1956 (with the exhibition label on the reverse of the stretcher).
LITERATURE: Karl Bernhard Wohlert (ed.), Markus Eisenbeis (ed.), Karl Hofer. Catalogue raisonné of paintings, vol. 3, Cologne 2007, catalog no. 2579 (illustrated in black-and-white).
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Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 549th auction, December 5, 1975, lot 327 (illustrated in black and white on plate 9).
The Annual Art Sales Index, 1975/76, p. 372.
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated in the lower left corner. Inscribed “Hamburg” on the reverse of the canvas. 100.2 x 65.1 cm (39.4 x 25.6 in). [AW].
• Hofer's portraits of enigmatic women are among the artist's most compelling creations.
• Exhibited during the artist's lifetime in 1953.
• Subtly balanced colors in Karl Hofer's typically minimalist style.
• Formerly part of the collection of Walter Farmer (1911-1997), “Monuments Man” and director of the Central Collecting Point in Wiesbaden.
• Part of the same private collection for 50 years.
PROVENANCE: Walter Farmer and Renate Hobkirk Collection, Cincinnati (acquired from the artist in 1953/54).
Renate Hobkirk Collection, Spain/Germany (1960s).
Private collection, Canada (acquired from the above in 1975).
EXHIBITION: Karl Hofer anlässlich seines 75. Geburtstages, Hochschule für bildende Künste, Berlin, Sep. 12–Oct. 15, 1953, cat. no. 180 (“Lesendes Mädchen” [Girl Reading], with the exhibition label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Modern Art in Revolution 1900-1956, Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, May 19-June 17, 1956 (with the exhibition label on the reverse of the stretcher).
LITERATURE: Karl Bernhard Wohlert (ed.), Markus Eisenbeis (ed.), Karl Hofer. Catalogue raisonné of paintings, vol. 3, Cologne 2007, catalog no. 2579 (illustrated in black-and-white).
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Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 549th auction, December 5, 1975, lot 327 (illustrated in black and white on plate 9).
The Annual Art Sales Index, 1975/76, p. 372.
124001129
Karl Hofer
Zeitungslesende junge Frau, 1953.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 32,400 - 43,200
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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