Ludwig von Hofmann - Herbstidyll - image-1

Lot 291 Nα

Ludwig von Hofmann - Herbstidyll

Auction 1078 - overview Cologne
02.12.2016, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 8.000 € - 12.000 €
Result: 9.920 € (incl. premium)

Ludwig von Hofmann

Herbstidyll
Circa 1918 - 1924/1925

Oil on canvas 33 x 66.5 cm Framed. Monogrammed 'LvH' in red brush lower right. - Minimal traces of age.

The present painting was presumably created as an early design for one of four overdoors for the Villa Kaufmann in Dresden. They document how Ludwig von Hofmann adhered to the arcadian subject and the unity of man and untouched nature also in the late work.
The private commission from businessman Paul Wilhelm Kaufmann was Hofmann's last mural painting project and concludes his three decade-long occupation with decorative-monumental mural painting.

Certificate

We would like to thank Renate Liebner-Harenberg, Wiesbaden, and Annette Wagner-Wilke, Karben, for complementary information.

Provenance

Galerie Koller Zürich, Bilder 15.-20. Jh., auction 36/2, 12 November 1976, lot 5219; Private possession since, Switzerland