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Mädchen in der Kammer
Details
KARL HOFER (1878-1955)
Mädchen in der Kammer
signed with the monogram and dated '37' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21 7/8 x 18 3/8 in. (55.5 x 46.5 cm.)
Painted in 1937
Mädchen in der Kammer
signed with the monogram and dated '37' (lower right)
oil on canvas
21 7/8 x 18 3/8 in. (55.5 x 46.5 cm.)
Painted in 1937
Provenance
Dr Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur, by 1954.
A.M. Bänninger, Zurich.
Private collection, Germany; sale, Christie's, London, 11 October 1995, lot 161.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
A.M. Bänninger, Zurich.
Private collection, Germany; sale, Christie's, London, 11 October 1995, lot 161.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
K.B. Wohlert (ed.), Karl Hofer, Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. II, Cologne, 2007, no. 1292, p. 245 (illustrated; illustrated vol. I, p. 139).
Exhibited
Freiburg im Breisgau, Kunstverein, Karl Hofer, April - May 1954, no. 9 (titled 'Sitzende in gelber Bluse').
Konstanz, Kunstverein, Karl Hofer: Gedächtnisausstellung, October - November 1955, no. 26 (titled 'Mädchen in gelber Bluse').
Berlin, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Gedächtnisausstellung für Karl Hofer, October - November 1956, no. 85; this exhibition later travelled to Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein und Staatliche Kunsthalle, December 1956 - January 1957.
Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karl Hofer, April - June 1978, no. 116, p. 173 (illustrated p. 154; with incorrect measurements and titled 'Nähendes Mädchen'); this exhibition later travelled to Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, August - September 1978.
Konstanz, Kunstverein, Karl Hofer: Gedächtnisausstellung, October - November 1955, no. 26 (titled 'Mädchen in gelber Bluse').
Berlin, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Gedächtnisausstellung für Karl Hofer, October - November 1956, no. 85; this exhibition later travelled to Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein und Staatliche Kunsthalle, December 1956 - January 1957.
Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karl Hofer, April - June 1978, no. 116, p. 173 (illustrated p. 154; with incorrect measurements and titled 'Nähendes Mädchen'); this exhibition later travelled to Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, August - September 1978.
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