Top-100 artists:
We use our proprietary AI - LiveArt Estimate™ to calculate current market value for each artwork. Based on this data LiveArt is able to provide numerous insights into artist and artwork financial performance, including:
See the measure of artist investment performance relative to risk. A higher ratio suggests better risk-adjusted returns, indicating more consistent performance with less risk.
Explore the most prolific periods in an artist's career based on artwork production volume and current market value. It also segments these periods by category, offering insights into when the most valuable pieces were created in each category.
Free to sign up. No credit card required.
| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 16, 2017 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale | 388 | $****** - ****** | Badendes Hindumädchen | |||
Oct 6, 1999 | Sotheby's | London | The Deyhle Collection | 228 | $****** - ****** | Indian girl bathing |
paintings
99 x 67.4 cm (38.98 x 26.54 in)
oil on canvas
signed and dated 'C Hofer 1913.' (lower right)
Städtische Museum für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe Halle (1914, inventory number 310); removed as ‘entartete Kunst’ by the National Socialists in 1937 (EK inv. no. 14197).
Bernard A. Boehmer, Güstrow (acquired from the above).
Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart (1945-1946).
Anon. sale, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart, 1953, lot 1335.
Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau (1992).
Rolf Dehyle, Stuttgart (acquired from the above, 1993); sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 October 1999, lot 228.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owners.
Berlin, Paul Cassirer, Sonderausstellung Karl Hofer, April 1914.
Dresden, Emil Richter, Gemälde und Zeichnungen von Karl Hofer, 1917, no. 18.
Grafenau, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Karl Hofer, Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik, January-February 1992, p. 27, no. 2 (illustrated in color, p. 35).
Cismar, Schleswig-Hosteinisches Landesmuseum; Halle, Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg and Stuttgart, Städtische Galerie, Robert Breyer und die Berliner Secession, Die Sammlung Rolf Deyhle I, March 1992-March 1994, p. 186, no. 74 (illustrated in color, p. 121).
Cismar, Schleswig-Hosteinisches Landesmuseum; Stuttgart, Galerie der Stadt; Erfurt, Hofheim; Landesmuseum Mainz and Hamm, Städtiche Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, Karl Hofer, Die Sammlung Rolf Deyhle III, June 1996-June 1998, p. 91, no. 4 (illustrated in color, p. 34; with incorrect dimensions).
Halle, Staatliche Galerie Mortizburg, 1993-1999 (on extended loan).
Der Tag, Berlin, no. 97, 26 April 1914 (installation view).
K. Scheffler, "Karl Hofer," Kunst und Künstler, no. 12, 1913-1914, p. 462.
P. Berges, "Ein Besuch Halles und seiner modernen Gemäldesammlung," Hamburger Fremdenblatt, July 1916, p. 2, no. 198 B.
Das Kunstblatt, March 1919, p. 235.
W. Waetzoldt, Deutsche Malerei seit 1870, Leipzig, 1919, p. 35 (illustrated, pl. 15; dated 1912).
K. Woermann, Die Kunst der Neuesten Zeit, Leipzig, 1923, p. 90.
U. Thieme and F. Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildeden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Leipzig, 1924, vol. 17, p. 240.
K. Woermann, Geschichte der Kunst aller Zeiten und Völker, Leipzig, 1924, vol. 6, p. 467 (dated 1927).
A.J. Schardt, “Das Hallische Museum in Der Moritzburg,” Mitteldeutsche Illustrierte, 1931, p. 8, no. 6 (illustrated).
Karl Hofer, exh. cat., Galerie Henning, Halle, 1949 (illustrated).
Karl Hofer, exh. cat, Karlsruhe, Berlin, 1978, p. 76 (illustrated).
Im Kampf um die moderne, exh. cat., Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle, 1985, p. 26 (illustrated).
A. Hüneke, “Expressionistische Kunst in Deutschen Museen bis 1919," Das Schicksal einer Sammlung, exh. cat., Staatliche Museen, Berlin, 1986, p. 2.
W. Rebmann, “Deutsche Impressionisten an der Spree,” Esslinger Zeitung, no. 64, 17 March 1992, p. 16.
O. Lilienthal, “'Badende' kam zurück nach Halle,” Hallesches Tageblatt, no. 200, 28-29 August 1993, p. 12.
S. Sülflohn, “Überstrahlt von hellem Licht,” Neue Zeit, Berlin, no. 207 B, 6 September 1993, p. 12.
“Gemälde von Karl Hofer kehrte jetzt zurück,” Hallesche Tageblatt, no. 53, 3 March 1994, p. 14 (illustrated).
“Hofer-Gemälde als Dauerleihgabe in Halle,” Sächsiche Zeitung, Dresden, no. 54, 5-6 March 1994, p. 17.
“Gemälde als Dauerleihgabe in Halle,” Leipziger Volkszeitung, Leipzig, no. 56, 8 March 1994, p. 16.
K.B. Wohlhert, “Hofers Mädchen ist die Nummer 3,” Hallesches Tageblatt, no. 75, 30 March 1994, p. 17.
M. Hüber, “Chronist und Einzelgänger,” Hamburger Abendblatt, no. 136, 13 June 1996, p. 8.
K.B. Wohlert and M. Eisenbeis, Karl Hofer, Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Cologne, 2007, vol. II, p. 57, no. 249 (illustrated; illustrated again in color, vol. I, p. 53).
signed and dated 'C Hofer 1913.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
39 x 26 ½ in. (99 x 67.4 cm.)
Painted in 1913
