Lot Essay
To be included in the forthcoming Karl Hofer catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by Karl Bernhard Wohlert, Dortmund.
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Blick auf Malcesine (Garda See)
Details
Karl Hofer (1878-1955)
Blick auf Malcesine (Garda See)
signed with the monogram 'CH37' (lower right)
oil on canvas
19½ x 31½in. (49.5 x 80cm.)
Painted in 1937
Blick auf Malcesine (Garda See)
signed with the monogram 'CH37' (lower right)
oil on canvas
19½ x 31½in. (49.5 x 80cm.)
Painted in 1937
Provenance
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin
Carl Nierendorf Galleries, New York
Mrs E. Gruenbaum, Forest Hills; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 20 April 1950, lot 115
Mr and Mrs William Hobart Weintraub, New York; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 11 May 1966, lot 21
Anon. Sale, Christie's, New York, 9 May 1991, lot 247
Anon. Sale, Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, auction no. 64/1994, lot 635
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Carl Nierendorf Galleries, New York
Mrs E. Gruenbaum, Forest Hills; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 20 April 1950, lot 115
Mr and Mrs William Hobart Weintraub, New York; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 11 May 1966, lot 21
Anon. Sale, Christie's, New York, 9 May 1991, lot 247
Anon. Sale, Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, auction no. 64/1994, lot 635
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
M. Davidson, "Hofer, an important German artist, invades a French season", in: The Art News, no. 36, 27 November 1937, p. 13 (incorrectly titled: View of Malcarina)
V. Herms-Draht, "Dornige Rckkehr zur Normalität", in: Handelsblatt (Dusseldorf), no. 91, 14 May 1991, p. 28 (incorrectly titled: Malescibe)
K. Hofer, Malerei hat eine Zukunft, Leipzig/Weimar 1991, p. 217, no. 402
V. Herms-Draht, "Dornige Rckkehr zur Normalität", in: Handelsblatt (Dusseldorf), no. 91, 14 May 1991, p. 28 (incorrectly titled: Malescibe)
K. Hofer, Malerei hat eine Zukunft, Leipzig/Weimar 1991, p. 217, no. 402
Exhibited
Berlin, Galerie Nierendorf, Karl Holfer, 1937, no. 18
New York, Nierendorf Gallery, Karl Hofer, 1937, no. 18
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Karl Hofer, 1940, no. 22
Springfield, MA, G.M.V. Smith Art Gallery, Karl Hofer, 1941, no. 22
New York, Nierendorf Gallery, Karl Hofer, 1937, no. 18
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Karl Hofer, 1940, no. 22
Springfield, MA, G.M.V. Smith Art Gallery, Karl Hofer, 1941, no. 22