Lot 76: Hofer, Karl1878 Karlsruhe - 1955 Berlin Vor der Nacht.

Hofer, Karl
1878 Karlsruhe - 1955 Berlin

Vor der Nacht.
1950. Oil on canvas. 106 x 80cm. Monogrammed and dated on the lower left: CH (ligature) 50. Inscribed on verso on the stretcher: K. Hofer Vor der Nacht. Next to it inscribed on adhesive label: 10. Framed.

Provenance:
Estate Karl Hofer
Private collection, Osnabrück

Exhibitions:
- As the present work is known to have undergone three different states of painting, a reliable attribution to exhibitions before 1955 is not possible -
Haus der Kunst Munich 1951, p. 15, no. 187(?)
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden 1951, p. 17, no. 105(?)
Grosse Kunstausstellung Munich 1952, no. 137(?)
Hochschule für bildende Kunst, Berlin 1953, no. 115(?)
Galerie Baukunst, Cologne 1975, no.80
Galerie Baukunst, Cologne 1978, no. 102
Galerie Baukunst, Cologne 1982, no. 46
Galerie Baukunst, Cologne 1984, no. 26
Altstadt Galerie, Wiesbaden 1987, p. 25, no. 2, colour ill. after p. 7

Literature:
Karl Bernhard Wohlert: Karl Hofer - Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. 3, VAN HAM Art
Publications, Cologne 2007, cat.no. 2288 (C), ill. (image detail).