Sale: 591 / Day Sale, June 07. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000147
Lot 125000147 
125000147
Karl Hofer
Blumenstrauß in grauer Vase (Zinnien), 1933.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 21,600 - 32,400
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Blumenstrauß in grauer Vase (Zinnien). 1933.
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed in the lower right. 56 x 50.5 cm (22 x 19.8 in). [AW].
• One of the rare flower still lifes in Hofer's pictorial oeuvre.
• A lyrical, melancholic summer flower bouquet with clarity typical of New Objectivity bathed in atmospheric light.
• Still lifes served as an ideal pictorial retreat for Hofer during this turbulent period of his life.
• Bruno Leiner and Karl Hofer were close friends, and the work has been in possession of the same family since its creation in the fateful year of 1933.
PROVENANCE: Dr. Bruno Leiner Collection (1890–1954), Konstanz (purchased directly from the artist, in family ownership ever since).
EXHIBITION: Deutsche Kunst unserer Zeit, Kulturbund Überlingen, October 20–November 11, 1945, cat. no. 59.
Neue Deutsche Kunst , Kunstwoche der Stadt Kontanz, June 1–30, 1946, cat. no. 116.
Carl Hofer, Kunstverein Freiburg i. Breisgau, April 15–May 14, 1954, cat. no. 1.
Karl Hofer. Memorial Exhibition, Kunstverein Konstanz, Wessenberghaus, October 2–November 20, 1955, cat. no. 13.
Rückkehr der Moderne (Return of Modernism). The first post-war exhibition of ostracized German art, Städtische Galerie “Fauler Pelz,” Überlingen, September 10–November 5, 1995; Vonderau Museum, Fulda, November 11, 1995–January 14, 1996; Baden-Württemberg State Representation, Bonn, January 18–February 13, 1996; State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, January 23–February 16, 1996, cat. no. 41.
Konturen neuer Kunst. Konstanzer Kunstwochen 1946, Städtische Wessenberg-Galerie, Konstanz, September 7–October 6, 1996, cat. no. 41.
Karl Hofer am Bodensee, Städtische Wessenberg-Galerie, Konstanz, May 25–July 6, 2003.
Moderne am Bodensee. Walter Kaesbach und sein Kreis, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Singen, September 27–December 7, 2008; Städtische Wessenberg-Galerie, Konstanz, September 27, 2008–January 11, 2009.
LITERATURE: Karl Bernhard Wohlert, Karl Hofer. Catalogue raisonné of paintings, vol. 2, Cologne 2008, no. 1053 (illustrated in b/w).
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed in the lower right. 56 x 50.5 cm (22 x 19.8 in). [AW].
• One of the rare flower still lifes in Hofer's pictorial oeuvre.
• A lyrical, melancholic summer flower bouquet with clarity typical of New Objectivity bathed in atmospheric light.
• Still lifes served as an ideal pictorial retreat for Hofer during this turbulent period of his life.
• Bruno Leiner and Karl Hofer were close friends, and the work has been in possession of the same family since its creation in the fateful year of 1933.
PROVENANCE: Dr. Bruno Leiner Collection (1890–1954), Konstanz (purchased directly from the artist, in family ownership ever since).
EXHIBITION: Deutsche Kunst unserer Zeit, Kulturbund Überlingen, October 20–November 11, 1945, cat. no. 59.
Neue Deutsche Kunst , Kunstwoche der Stadt Kontanz, June 1–30, 1946, cat. no. 116.
Carl Hofer, Kunstverein Freiburg i. Breisgau, April 15–May 14, 1954, cat. no. 1.
Karl Hofer. Memorial Exhibition, Kunstverein Konstanz, Wessenberghaus, October 2–November 20, 1955, cat. no. 13.
Rückkehr der Moderne (Return of Modernism). The first post-war exhibition of ostracized German art, Städtische Galerie “Fauler Pelz,” Überlingen, September 10–November 5, 1995; Vonderau Museum, Fulda, November 11, 1995–January 14, 1996; Baden-Württemberg State Representation, Bonn, January 18–February 13, 1996; State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, January 23–February 16, 1996, cat. no. 41.
Konturen neuer Kunst. Konstanzer Kunstwochen 1946, Städtische Wessenberg-Galerie, Konstanz, September 7–October 6, 1996, cat. no. 41.
Karl Hofer am Bodensee, Städtische Wessenberg-Galerie, Konstanz, May 25–July 6, 2003.
Moderne am Bodensee. Walter Kaesbach und sein Kreis, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Singen, September 27–December 7, 2008; Städtische Wessenberg-Galerie, Konstanz, September 27, 2008–January 11, 2009.
LITERATURE: Karl Bernhard Wohlert, Karl Hofer. Catalogue raisonné of paintings, vol. 2, Cologne 2008, no. 1053 (illustrated in b/w).
125000147
Karl Hofer
Blumenstrauß in grauer Vase (Zinnien), 1933.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 21,600 - 32,400
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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