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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.160
People
Karl Hofer, German (Karlsruhe, Germany 1878 - 1955 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Couple in Bathing Suits
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Paar in Badekleidung
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1951
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221272

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal, stumped, and graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
59 x 41.7 cm (23 1/4 x 16 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: initialled in charcoal at l.r.: CH
  • stamp and inscription: stamp on verso at l.r., black ink, German [stamped:] Nachlass Karl Hofer Nr. / [by hand:] N-Z65 [estate stamp]
  • label: Removed during reframing: KARL HOFER / "Paar in Badekleigung", um 1951 / Kohle gewischt / 44,5 x 34 auf 60 x 41 cm / monogrammiert u.r.; verso: Die Art / Art Cologne 25 Internationaler Kinstmarkt 14-20 November 91

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Gerd Kohrmann through the German Art Dealers Association
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
1992.160
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Erika Gemar Költzsch, German Marks: Postwar Drawings and Prints Donated to the Busch-Reisinger Museum through the German Art Dealers Association, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), p. 54, cat. no. 6, b/w ill.

Verification Level

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