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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 9, 2017 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Modern Art I | 657 | $****** - ****** | Jünglinge mit Fahnen | |||
Jun 8, 2007 | Villa Grisebach Auktionen | Berlin | Karl Hofer | 60 | $****** - ****** | Youths with flags |
paintings
159 x 106 cm (62.6 x 41.73 in)
Oil on canvas
Lower left with monogram in ligature and the date. Titled on stretcher. The fragmentary labels of Galerie Commeter, Hamburg, and of Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin/Düsseldorf (until 1933) on the stretcher refer to an earlier "Gruppe am Meer", also titled on stretcher and crossed out, The label of the XVII. Esposizione internationale d`arte di Venezia, 1930, at the bottom of the stretcher
From the artist's estate (no. 377, with label on the strecher).
Besitz Elisabeth Hofer, artist's widow (1957, Wirnitzer no. 372, with label on stretcher).
Kunsthandel Gerd Köhrmann, Cologne (administrator of Elisabeth Hofer's estate since 1966; with label on stretcher).
Formerly collection Rolf Deyhle, Stuttgart (around 1996/97).
Villa Grisebach Auktionen, auction 145, Karl Hofer, Berlin, 8 June 2007, lot 60.
Private ownership Baden-Württemberg (since 2007).
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin 1937, no. 26 (with two labels on the stretcher, among others with the inventory numbr 5121).
Exhibition on occasion of Karl Hofer's 75th birthday, Berlin University of the Arts, 12 September - 15 October 1953, no. 27 (there titled "Fahnenträger"; with label on stretcher).
Commemoraitve exhibition for Karl Hofer, Berlin University of the Arts, Badischer Kunstverein in cooperation with the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 9 December 1956 - 6 January 1957, cat. no. 74 (with label on stretcher).
Karl Hofer. Ölbilder, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik der Jahre 1922 bis 1955. The largest part of the oil paintings was in possession of the Prof. Karl Hofer's widow and has not been showcased in the gallery, Baukunst-Galerie, Cologne 23 November 1972 - 20 January 1973, no. 3.
Retrospective exhibition Karl Hofer. Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik. Baukunst-Galerie, Cologne 20 January - 5 April 1975, no. 11, no illu. (with label on the stretcher).
Karl Hofer 1878 - 1955. Stattliche Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin 16 April - 14 June 1978; Badischer Kunstverein e. V., Karlsruhe 1st August - 17 September 1978, p. 173, no. 97.
Exhibition on occasion of Karl Hofer's 100th birthday. Oil paintings from 1918 - 1955, Baukunst-Galerie, Cologne 15 September - 4 November 1978, Nr. 12.
Die Figur im Werk von Karl Hofer, Baukunst-Galerie, Köln 17. September - 13. November 1982, Nr. 3.
Zwanzig Jahre Baukunst. Das Progamm und die Künstler nach zwanzig Jahren, Baukunst-Galerie, Cologne 2nd November 1984 - 16 January 1985, p. 50, no. 85.
Karl Hofer 1878 - 1955, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin 26 January - 16 March 1985, no. 4, with illu.
Karl Hofer. Ölbilder, Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik, Altstadt Galerie Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden 14 February - 15 March 1987, p. 25, no. 14, with illu.
Karl Hofer 1878 - 1955. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau 19 January - 29 February 1992, p. 29, no., 26, with illu.
Collection Rolf Deyhle III: Karl Hofer, Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Kloster Cismar, Cismar; Stästische Galerie Stuttgart and Anger Museum Erfurt, 1996/1997, no. 36, with illu. on p. 54 (verso with shipping label).
Robert Scholz, Naturerlebnis und Formalismus, Gang durch Berliner Ausstellungen, in: Völkischer Beobachter, no. 20, 20.1.1937, p. 5 (exhibition at Nierendorf).
Wolfgang Schimming, Das Lebenswerk Karl Hofers, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, Nr. 252, 20/21 October 1956, p. 38.
Doris Schreiber, Totenmasken im Spiel der Liebe, Gemälde Karl Hofers in der Baukunst, in: Kölnische Rundschau, no. 222, 24 September 1982, p. 16.
Werner Langer, In stoischer Spannung. Karl Hofer - dreißig Jahre nach seinem Tod, in: der Tagesspiegel, Berlin, no. 11998, 10 March 1985, p. 5.
Thomas Gädeke, Karl Hofer in der Sammlung Rolf Deyhle, in Karl Hofer. Die Sammlung Rolf Deyhle III: Karl Hofer. p. 12.
Jünglinge mit Fahnen. 1935.
Oil on canvas.
Wohlert 1141. Lower left with monogram in ligature and the date. Titled on stretcher. 159 x 106 cm (62.5 x 41.7 in).
The fragmentary labels of Galerie Commeter, Hamburg, and of Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin/Düsseldorf (until 1933) on the stretcher refer to an earlier "Gruppe am Meer", also titled on stretcher and crossed out, which presumably is the lost painting "Frauengruppe am Meer" from 1928 (cf. Wohlert 822).
The label of the XVII. Esposizione internationale d`arte di Venezia, 1930, at the bottom of the stretcher very likely refers to this early painting, Hofer reused the stretcher for this composition from 1935. [JS].
Hofer's large-size figure compositions from the 1930s count among the artist's most sought-after works on the international auction market.
PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate (no. 377, with label on the strecher).
Besitz Elisabeth Hofer, artist's widow (1957, Wirnitzer no. 372, with label on stretcher).
Kunsthandel Gerd Köhrmann, Cologne (administrator of Elisabeth Hofer's estate since 1966; with label on stretcher).
Formerly collection Rolf Deyhle, Stuttgart (around 1996/97).
Villa Grisebach Auktionen, auction 145, Karl Hofer, Berlin, 8 June 2007, lot 60.
Private ownership Baden-Württemberg (since 2007).
EXHIBITION: Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin 1937, no. 26 (with two labels on the stretcher, among others with the inventory numbr 5121).
Exhibition on occasion of Karl Hofer's 75th birthday, Berlin University of the Arts, 12 September - 15 October 1953, no. 27 (there titled "Fahnenträger"; with label on stretcher).
Commemoraitve exhibition for Karl Hofer, Berlin University of the Arts, Badischer Kunstverein in cooperation with the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 9 December 1956 - 6 January 1957, cat. no. 74 (with label on stretcher).
Karl Hofer. Ölbilder, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik der Jahre 1922 bis 1955. The largest part of the oil paintings was in possession of the Prof. Karl Hofer's widow and has not been showcased in the gallery, Baukunst-Galerie, Cologne 23 November 1972 - 20 January 1973, no. 3.
Retrospective exhibition Karl Hofer. Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik. Baukunst-Galerie, Cologne 20 January - 5 April 1975, no. 11, no illu. (with label on the stretcher).
Karl Hofer 1878 - 1955. Stattliche Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin 16 April - 14 June 1978; Badischer Kunstverein e. V., Karlsruhe 1st August - 17 September 1978, p. 173, no. 97.
Exhibition on occasion of Karl Hofer's 100th birthday. Oil paintings from 1918 - 1955, Baukunst-Galerie, Cologne 15 September - 4 November 1978, Nr. 12.
Die Figur im Werk von Karl Hofer, Baukunst-Galerie, Köln 17. September - 13. November 1982, Nr. 3.
Zwanzig Jahre Baukunst. Das Progamm und die Künstler nach zwanzig Jahren, Baukunst-Galerie, Cologne 2nd November 1984 - 16 January 1985, p. 50, no. 85.
Karl Hofer 1878 - 1955, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin 26 January - 16 March 1985, no. 4, with illu.
Karl Hofer. Ölbilder, Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik, Altstadt Galerie Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden 14 February - 15 March 1987, p. 25, no. 14, with illu.
Karl Hofer 1878 - 1955. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau 19 January - 29 February 1992, p. 29, no., 26, with illu.
Collection Rolf Deyhle III: Karl Hofer, Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Kloster Cismar, Cismar; Stästische Galerie Stuttgart and Anger Museum Erfurt, 1996/1997, no. 36, with illu. on p. 54 (verso with shipping label).
LITERATURE: Robert Scholz, Naturerlebnis und Formalismus, Gang durch Berliner Ausstellungen, in: Völkischer Beobachter, no. 20, 20.1.1937, p. 5 (exhibition at Nierendorf).
Wolfgang Schimming, Das Lebenswerk Karl Hofers, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, Nr. 252, 20/21 October 1956, p. 38.
Doris Schreiber, Totenmasken im Spiel der Liebe, Gemälde Karl Hofers in der Baukunst, in: Kölnische Rundschau, no. 222, 24 September 1982, p. 16.
Werner Langer, In stoischer Spannung. Karl Hofer - dreißig Jahre nach seinem Tod, in: der Tagesspiegel, Berlin, no. 11998, 10 March 1985, p. 5.
Thomas Gädeke, Karl Hofer in der Sammlung Rolf Deyhle, in Karl Hofer. Die Sammlung Rolf Deyhle III: Karl Hofer. p. 12.
Called up: December 9, 2017 - ca. 14.12 h +/- 20 min.
