Karl Hofer (Karlsruhe 1878-1955 Berlin)
"Mann mit Zylinder" ["Man with Top Hat"]
circa 1901
woodcut on gray-brown wove paper
17,5 x 18,9 cm (24,8 x 32,5 cm)
signed in pencil lower right: "KHofer 1901[?]"
excellent impression with a margin
catalogue raisonne: Karl Hofer. Das graphische Werke (New York: Ernest Rathenau, 1969), catalogue nr. H 2
One of only 17 woodcuts by the artist. Edition size unknown.
The Daulton Collection also owns six early etchings by Karl Hofer, all signed: "Feierabend," "Walker," "Allegory of Transience," "Standing Woman by the Sea," "Spring Day," and "Spring", 1899-1903 (Rathenau 6, 7, 9, 36 , 39 and 40).
