Lot 152
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152
Karl Hofer
Zeitungslesende junge Frau, 1953.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 35,400 Sold:
€ 36,830 / $ 43,459 (incl. surcharge)
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.
152
Karl Hofer
Zeitungslesende junge Frau, 1953.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 35,400 Sold:
€ 36,830 / $ 43,459 (incl. surcharge)
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