THE COLLECTION
Karl Hofer (German, 1878–1955)
Plate 2 (folio 6) from Liebesgedichte (Love Poems)
- Date:
- 1922
- Medium:
- One from an illustrated book with twelve lithographs
- Dimensions:
- composition (irreg.): 8 9/16 x 5 1/2" (21.8 x 13.9 cm); page: 12 5/16 x 8 3/8" (31.2 x 21.2 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, wove (Johann Wilhelm).
- Publisher:
- Alfred Flechtheim
- Printer:
- Hermann Birkholz
- Edition:
- 125 (including a deluxe edition of 25 numbered 1-25 in silk binding and a regular edition of 100 numbered 26-125); plus an unknown number hors-commerce [this ex.]
- Credit Line:
- Curt Valentin Bequest
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Karl Johannes Christian Hofer / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany
- Reference:
- Rathenau 145.
- MoMA Number:
- 89.1956.2
- Themes:
- Literary Subjects, Nude
- Techniques:
- Lithography