Monogrammed.

60.5 x 44 cm.

Owner's stamp of Dr. Reginald Schinzinger in the lower margin, pencil sketch on the reverse, owner's stamp with handwritten note: Acquired from K. Hofer. Two lower corners restored.

Hofer, painter and graphic artist, studied at the academies in Karlsruhe and Stuttgart. Master student of Hans Thoma and Leopold von Kalckreuth. 1903-1907 active in Rome, 1908-1913 in Paris, from 1914 based in Berlin. 1920-1933 professor at the academy in Berlin. Almost his entire oeuvre destroyed in a bombing raid in 1943, President of the Berlin Academy since 1945 * Partner auction Bergmann.

Literature : De Gruyter (2012), Thieme-Becker (1907-1950), Mülfarth (1987).