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Karl Hofer

(Germany, 1878-1955)
Estimate
600 000 - 800 000 SEK
53 000 - 70 600 EUR
55 200 - 73 700 USD
Hammer price
1 300 000 SEK
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Finland: Kuvasto

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Karl Hofer
(Germany, 1878-1955)

"Tischgesellschaft".

Signerad CH and dated -43. Canvas 110,5 x 116,5 cm.

Provenance

Gift from the artist to Rädda Barnen in Stockholm 1954 through Stiftung im Rahmen der Dankspende des deutschen Volkes 1951.

Exhibitions

Galerie G.Franke, München, "Karl Hofer", 1948, catalogue no. 6.
"Karl Hofer", Kassel, 1948, catalogue no. 8.
Kunstverein, Minden, "Karl Hofer", 1950, catalogue no. 5.
Witten/Bochum/Essen/Duisburg/Braunschweig, "Karl Hofer"1950/51, catalogue no. 8.
Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, "Karl Hofer, Tischgesellschaft", 1992.

Literature

W. Peizet, "Der 70jährige K.H., i Münchner Merkur, no. 33, 23.4.1948, p. 5.
Der Woltangst mitten ins Herz, Westdt. Allg. (Bochum (?)), no. 77, 3.4.1951.
Absender Deutschland, Berlin 1955, p. 213 (wrongly dated 1953), 231 (here: Föreningen Rädda Barnen), färgplansch 1, p. 73.
Utställningskatalog, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, "Karl Hofer, Tischgesellschaft", 1992, p. 31, ill no. 54, catalogue no. 44.
Catalogue raisonné Wohlert/Eisenbeis 2008 nr 1733.