Auction 517
Day Sale, Modern, Post War & Contemporary
By VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG
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Jun 6, 2024
Hitzelerstr. 2, 50968 Köln, Germany
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Day Sale: Thursday, 6 June 2024
From 10:30 am
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LOT 193:
Karl Hofer: Das Paar
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Sold for: €50,000
Start price:
€
40,000
Estimated price :
€50,000 - €70,000
Buyer's Premium: 35%
VAT: 19%
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Karl Hofer: Das Paar
HOFER, KARL
1878 Karlsruhe - 1955 Berlin
Title: Das Paar.
Date: 1945.
Technique: Oil on Hessian.
Measurement: 80 x 62cm.
Notation: Monogrammed and dated upper right: CH45 (ligated).
Frame/Pedestal: Studio bar.
The painting was appraised and confirmed by the Karl Hofer Committee on 21st March 2024. It is registered under the number N34 and will be included in the catalogue raisonné.
We are grateful to Dr. Tessa Rosebrock, Head of Provenance Research at the Kunstmuseum Basel, for her scientific support.
Provenance:
- Private collection, France
- Depot of the above-mentioned collector in the Kunstmuseum Basel (1969-2024)
- Private collection France
- Characteristic and intimate depiction of a couple by the artist
- Thanks to the research work of the Karl Hofer Committee, this previously unknown work could be attributed to the artist's oeuvre
- Impressive, complete provenance
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Explanations to the Catalogue
Karl Hofer
Germany
New Objectivity
Modern Art
1940s
Studio bar
Group of Figures
Painting
Oil
Couples
