Karl Hofer - Phantome - image-1

Lot 299 D

Karl Hofer - Phantome

Auction 1004 - overview Cologne
30.11.2012, 00:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.000 €
Result: 3.660 € (incl. premium)

Oil on canvas 29.1 x 23.4 cm, framed. The rear frame cardboard twice stamped "CH Nachlaß Karl Hofer Nr." (signed once by trustee "G. Köhrmann" with ballpoint pen) as well as labeled "Kunsthandlung Gerd Köhrmann - Nachlass Karl Hofer". - With slight losses of paint at left and lower margin.

Probably a study for the eponymous painting from 1952 (see Wohlert 2549 with illus., without indication of dimension, "Verbleib: unbekannt" - Whereabouts: unknown)

We would like to thank Karl Bernhard Wohlert, Dortmund, for additional confirming information.

Provenance

Estate of the artist