Lot 485
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485
Karl Hofer
Stillleben mit Birnen und Aprikosen, 1940.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 23,600 Sold:
€ 25,400 / $ 29,972 (incl. surcharge)
Stillleben mit Birnen und Aprikosen. 1940.
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated (in the moist paint) in upper left. 27 x 45 cm (10.6 x 17.7 in). [EH].
• Karl Hofer's still lifes are fascinating for their compositions and the nuanced color arrangements.
• Through his play with bright green and yellow, he brings colors of hope into the contemplative landscape of this spatially delimited still life.
• Other still lifes by Karl Hofer are in the Nationalgalerie Berlin (Blumenstillleben, 1944, and Stillleben mit Früchten, 1951) as well as in the Museum Wiesbaden (Stillleben mit Ölkanne, 1929).
PROVENANCE: Private collection Baden-Württemberg ( presumably since 1956, Galerie Valentin).
Ever since in family possession.
EXHIBITION: Karl Hofer Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart August 1956 (no catalog).
LITERATURE: Karl Bernhard Wohlert (ed.), Markus Eisenbeis (ed.), Karl Hofer. Catalogue raisonné of paintings, vol. 2, Cologne 2008, no. 1529.
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated (in the moist paint) in upper left. 27 x 45 cm (10.6 x 17.7 in). [EH].
• Karl Hofer's still lifes are fascinating for their compositions and the nuanced color arrangements.
• Through his play with bright green and yellow, he brings colors of hope into the contemplative landscape of this spatially delimited still life.
• Other still lifes by Karl Hofer are in the Nationalgalerie Berlin (Blumenstillleben, 1944, and Stillleben mit Früchten, 1951) as well as in the Museum Wiesbaden (Stillleben mit Ölkanne, 1929).
PROVENANCE: Private collection Baden-Württemberg ( presumably since 1956, Galerie Valentin).
Ever since in family possession.
EXHIBITION: Karl Hofer Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart August 1956 (no catalog).
LITERATURE: Karl Bernhard Wohlert (ed.), Markus Eisenbeis (ed.), Karl Hofer. Catalogue raisonné of paintings, vol. 2, Cologne 2008, no. 1529.
485
Karl Hofer
Stillleben mit Birnen und Aprikosen, 1940.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 23,600 Sold:
€ 25,400 / $ 29,972 (incl. surcharge)
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