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Artist or Maker: Carl Hofer (1878-1955)

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Provenance: Nierendorf Gallery, New York.
Mrs Edgar R. Thom, Detroit.
A gift from the above to the present owner in 1938.

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Exhibited: Pittsburgh, The 34th International Exhibition of Paintings, 1936, no. 231 (as 'Landscape in Tessin').
Detroit, Institute of Arts, Karl Hofer and Xavier Fuhr, 1939, n.n. Berlin/Winterthur, Karl Hofer, 1965-1966, no. 46 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 38).

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Literature: P. Lesley, 'A Landscape by Carl Hofer', Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts, vol. 18, no. 6, March 1939, pp. 6 & 7 (illustrated p. 6).
'Two painters show works', Detroit Free Press, 19 March 1939 (illustrated).
'Hofer Landscape Gift to Museum', The Detroit News, 19 March 1939 (illustrated).
'Hofer and Fuhr Paintings at Art Institute', Municipal Employee, Detroit, April 1939.
'Hofer's Popularity, Begun at Carnegie, Grows', The Art Digest, vol. 13, 1 May 1939, p. 15 (illustrated).
E.P. Richardson, 20th Century Painting, Detroit, 1947, p. 42f (illustrated fig. 24).
B.S. Myers, The German Expressionists, New York, 1957, p. 86.
E. Thiele, Postkarten zur Deutschen Kunst des 20. Jhs, Cologne, 1958, p. 39.
A. Buesche, 'Hofer in seiner Totalität', Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin, no. 6132, 11 November 1965, p. 4.
W. Grohmann, 'Karl Hofer nach zehn Jahren', FAZ, no. 282, 4 December 1965, p. 11.
U. Feist, Karl Hofer, Berlin, 1977, p. 15.
E. Furler, Karl Hofer, Frankfurt am Main, 1978, p. 94 (illustrated).
E. Steingräber, Deutsche Kunst der 20er und 30er Jahre, Munich, 1979, p. 193 (illustrated no. 86).

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Notes: PROPERTY FROM THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS
SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND

This painting is registered in the Carl Hofer archive under no. 1254 and is sold with a certificate from Karl Bernhard Wohlert.

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.