Sale: 601 / Day Sale, Dec. 06. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000745
Lot 125000745
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125000745
Karl Hofer
Mädchenkopf, 1947.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000
$ 20,880 - 27,840
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Karl Hofer
1878 - 1955
Mädchenkopf. 1947.
Oil on canvas.
Wohlert 1990. Monogrammed and dated in the lower right. 40 x 29.5 cm (15.7 x 11.6 in). [AW].
• Hofer's distinctive portraits of enraptured women are among the artist's most compelling creations.
• Subtly balanced and delicate coloring in Karl Hofer's typically minimalist style.
• Hofer's outstanding portrait gift becomes particularly evident in his small-sized works.
• For the first time on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate (estate no. 539 (with a numbered label on the stretcher), Wirnitzer list no. 178).
Private collection, Southern Germany.
EXHIBITION: Sonderausstellung Carl Hofer, Märkisches Museum Witten, November 1950; Museum Bochum, January 1951; Museum Folkwang, Essen, February 1951; Städtisches Kunstmuseum Duisburg, April 1951; Kunstverein Braunschweig, May 1951, probably cat. no. 53.
Karl Hofer. Vom Entwurf zum Bild, Baukunst, Cologne, August 31–October 20, 1984, cat. no. 16 (“ Frauenkopf nach links”).
LITERATURE: Karl Bernhard Wohlert (ed.), Markus Eisenbeis (pub.), Karl Hofer. Catalogue raisonné of paintings, vol. 3, Cologne 2007, CRN no. 1990 ( illustrated in black and white).
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Galerie Rosenbach, Hanover (ed.), Bilder, Graphik, Bücher: ausgewählte Kunst aus zwei Jahrhunderten, cat. 18, Hanover 1985, cat. no. 57, p. 31 (illustrated in color).
1878 - 1955
Mädchenkopf. 1947.
Oil on canvas.
Wohlert 1990. Monogrammed and dated in the lower right. 40 x 29.5 cm (15.7 x 11.6 in). [AW].
• Hofer's distinctive portraits of enraptured women are among the artist's most compelling creations.
• Subtly balanced and delicate coloring in Karl Hofer's typically minimalist style.
• Hofer's outstanding portrait gift becomes particularly evident in his small-sized works.
• For the first time on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate (estate no. 539 (with a numbered label on the stretcher), Wirnitzer list no. 178).
Private collection, Southern Germany.
EXHIBITION: Sonderausstellung Carl Hofer, Märkisches Museum Witten, November 1950; Museum Bochum, January 1951; Museum Folkwang, Essen, February 1951; Städtisches Kunstmuseum Duisburg, April 1951; Kunstverein Braunschweig, May 1951, probably cat. no. 53.
Karl Hofer. Vom Entwurf zum Bild, Baukunst, Cologne, August 31–October 20, 1984, cat. no. 16 (“ Frauenkopf nach links”).
LITERATURE: Karl Bernhard Wohlert (ed.), Markus Eisenbeis (pub.), Karl Hofer. Catalogue raisonné of paintings, vol. 3, Cologne 2007, CRN no. 1990 ( illustrated in black and white).
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Galerie Rosenbach, Hanover (ed.), Bilder, Graphik, Bücher: ausgewählte Kunst aus zwei Jahrhunderten, cat. 18, Hanover 1985, cat. no. 57, p. 31 (illustrated in color).
125000745
Karl Hofer
Mädchenkopf, 1947.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 18,000 - 24,000
$ 20,880 - 27,840
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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