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Karl Hofer

(Germany, 1878-1955)
Estimate
600 000 - 800 000 SEK
57 000 - 76 000 EUR
59 900 - 79 800 USD
Hammer price
1 300 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

By law, the buyer will pay an artist fee for this work of art. This fee is 5% of the hammer price, or less. For more information about this law:

Sweden: BUS
Finland: Kuvasto

Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Lena Rydén
Stockholm
Lena Rydén
Head of Art, Specialist Modern and 19th century Art
+46 (0)707 78 35 71
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.