Karl Hofer (German, 1878–1955)

Plate 11 (folio 20 verso) from Liebesgedichte (Love Poems)

Date:

1922

Medium:

One from an illustrated book with twelve lithographs

Dimensions:

composition (irreg.): 8 1/16 x 6 1/4" (20.5 x 15.9 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 154.

MoMA Number:

89.1956.11

Themes:

Literary Subjects, Nude

Techniques:

Lithography