Lot 51: „Traubenstilleben"

Karl Hofer
„Traubenstilleben"
Monogrammed (joined) lower right: CH. On the stretcher and on the decorative frame two labels of the exhibition Venice 1950 as well as one of each of the exhibitions Berlin/Karlsruhe 1956/57 and Cologne 1967 (see below)
Oil on canvas
16 1/8 x 22 1/4 in.

c.1928

Karl Hofer. Berlin, Berliner Secession (55th exhibition) in collaboration with Galerie Flechtheim Berlin, 1928, cat. no. 108 / Karl Hofer. Zurich, Kunsthaus, 1929, cat. no. 71 / XXV International Biennial Venice / Gedächtnis-Ausstellung für Karl Hofer. Berlin, Hochschule für bildende Künste, and Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein in conjunction with Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 1956/57, cat. no. 86 („Trauben und Zwetschgen", dated: circa 1937) / Karl Hofer. Cologne, Baukunst-Galerie, 1967, cat. no. 35, illustration

Curt Glaser: Karl Hofer. Velhagen & Klasings Monatshefte, vol. 44, 1929/30, vol. 1, issue 6, February 1930, colour ill. p. 590 / Christoph Becker and Annette Lagler: Biennale Venedig - der Deutsche Beitrag 1895 - 1995. Stuttgart, Cantz Verlag, 1995, p. 226 [titled: Pflaumen]

Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur / Private collection, Cologne / Private collection, Hesse