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Karl Hofer
Two sleeping girlscirca 1922-1925

Not on view
Pencil drawing on straw-yellow paper of two intertwined reclining nude figures, rendered with confident contour lines and hatched shading

Karl Hofer, Two sleeping girls, circa 1922-1925, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Karl Hofer
Germany, Karlsruhe, 1878-1955
Title
Two sleeping girls
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1922-1925
Medium
Pencil on wove paper
Dimensions
15 1/2 x 21 7/8 in. (39.37 x 55.56 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.335
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Provenance
The artist (1878-1955). Hans Konig, Cologne; [Sotheby's, London]; purchased 4 April 1974 (lot 334) by Robert Gore Rifkind (1928-2019), Beverly Hills; given in 1982 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.