Lot Essay
This painting is registered in the Carl Hofer archive under no. 1286.
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Mädchenkopf
Details
Carl Hofer (1878-1955)
Mädchenkopf
signed with the initials and dated 'CH 37' (lower right)
oil on board
13¾ x 10½ in. (34.9 x 26.7 cm.)
Painted in 1937
Mädchenkopf
signed with the initials and dated 'CH 37' (lower right)
oil on board
13¾ x 10½ in. (34.9 x 26.7 cm.)
Painted in 1937
Provenance
Nierendorf Galleries, New York, by December 1937.
John S. Newberry, by whom acquired from the above on 16 March 1939.
The Detroit Institute of Arts, a gift from the above in 1945 (no. 45.459).
John S. Newberry, by whom acquired from the above on 16 March 1939.
The Detroit Institute of Arts, a gift from the above in 1945 (no. 45.459).
Literature
Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts of the City of Detroit, no. 25, 1946, no. 3 (illustrated p. 70).
B.S. Myers, The German Expressionists, New York, 1957, p. 8, no. 118 (illustrated p. 86).
B.S. Myers, The German Expressionists, New York, 1957, p. 8, no. 118 (illustrated p. 86).
Exhibited
Winterthur, Kunstverein, Karl Hofer, 1939, no. 25 (titled 'Mädchenkopf').
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.