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Artist or Maker: Carl Hofer (1878-1955)

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Provenance: The artist's estate, no. 161.
Liesbeth Hofer, the artist's widow, by descent from the above.

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Exhibited: Berlin, Karl Hofer, 1953, no. 189 (illustrated).
Hamburg, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Karl Hofer, 1954, no. 38 (illustrated p. 7).
Hagen, Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum, Karl Hofer, 1954-1955, no. 27.
Wilhelmshaven, Kunsthalle, Karl Hofer, 1969, no. 51.

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Literature: J. Seeger, 'Karl Hofer - ein Rebell gegen seine Zeit', in Stuttgarter Zeitung, no. 237, 10 October 1953, p. 17.
G. Sello, 'Heutig und ewig', in Hamburger Abendblatt, no. 8, 11 January 1954, p. 8.
O. Gehrig, 'Der Maler Karl Hofer', in Badische Neueste Nachrichten, no. 73, Karlsruhe, 27 March 1954, p. 13.
O. Gehrig, 'Die Bereitschaft zu glauben und zu hoffen', Badische Neueste Nachrichten, no. 237, 11 October 1958, p. 3.
O. Gillen, 'Der Maler Karl Hofer', Artis, no. 13, June 1961, p. 32.
O. Gillen, 'Karl Hofer, Hans Thomas bedeutendster Schüler', in Ekkhart, 1979, p. 174.
R. Müller-Mehlis, 'Qual und Aufschrei', in Handelsblatt, no. 91, Dusseldorf, 11-12 May 2001, p. 55.

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Notes: PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF LIESBETH HOFER

This painting is registered in the Carl Hofer archive under no. 2624.

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