Auction 282: Modern Art | 6 June 2018
Karl Hofer

Recto: Harlekin und Pierrot – Verso: Hand am Kinn (Studie) I

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Karl Hofer
1878 Karlsruhe – Berlin 1955
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Recto: Harlequin and Pierrot – Verso: Hand on chin (study) I
Pencil on fine drawing paper. (1944). C. 21 x 16.5 cm. Signed with the artist’s monogram lower left.
From a sketchbook dated 1944.

Result: € 1,250*

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Details

Presler PW 5-26 (verso: PW 5-01).
Ausstellung:
Marian Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio Texas, 1960; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1960.
Provenienz:
Atelier des Künstlers; Sammlung Dr. Edward S. Peck, 1947 in Berlin erworben; Sammlung Robert Hilton Simmons, 1956 von Peck erhalten; Rago Arts and Auctions, 19th/20th Century American and European Art, Lambertville/New Jersey 5.11.2016, Los 74a; Privatsammlung, Rheinland.

Description

Aus einem Skizzenbuch von 1944. Papier teils mit winzigen oberflächlichen schwarzen Anhaftungen, linke Blattkante unregelmäßig durch alte Buchbindung, untere Kante mit minimalen Einrisschen, geringfügige Griffknicke, recto an der oberen Kante mit Pergaminpapierstreifen montiert, insgesamt in guter Erhaltung.

Period

Modern Art

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