Lot 1179 
1179
Ludwig von Hofmann
Tanzfries, 1912.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 33,000 Sold:
€ 172,020 / $ 189,222 (incl. surcharge)
Oil on canvas
Monogrammed upper right.
With old label on verso, there with inscription and title "Tanzfries". 84,5 x 174,5 cm (33,2 x 68,7 in)
With old label of the Leipzig Kunstvereins, there numbered "2627".
Accompanied by a comprehensive written expertise by Dr. Wagner-Wilke, Kabern, dated 18 August 2010.
PROVENANCE: Private ownership Baden-Württemberg (in possession of one family for four generations, acquired around 1920).
EXHIBITION: A hand-written list of exhibitions by Ludwig von Hofmann, which refers to a selection of works, contains further exhibitions between 1912 and 1915 where the work was shown: 1912 - Kunstverein Lübeck. 1913 - Galerie Gurlitt Berlin. 1914 - Galerie Caspari Munich. 1915 - Kunstverein Naumburg, Oberhessischer Kunstverein Gießen, Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Kunstverein Leipzig, Museum Weimar. No date - Galerie Commeter, Hamburg (with label on verso, there numbered "N° 1801").
Single exhibitions:
Ludwig von Hofmann - Erstmaliger Überblick über das Schaffen des Künstlers 1891-1916. Galerie Arnold, Dresden, 10 January - mid February 1917. The work is listed in the belonging catalog under the category "Gemälde 1912-16" under cat. no. 32 "Tanzfries".
Special exhibition Ludwig von Hofmann - Hessische Kunstausstellung Darmstadt 1917. Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 14 June -30 September 1917. The belonging catalog lists the work under the number 15 "Tanzfries" verzeichnet.
LITERATURE: Graef, Botho: Die künstlerische Welt in den Bildern Ludwig von Hofmanns. In: Zeitschrift für Bildende Kunst, volume 52, 1917, pp. 133-144.
This work occupies a special position within the oeuvre of Ludwig von Hofmann, as it unites all artistic elements that characterized the artist’s creation at the brink to Modernism in an exemplary manner: on the one hand he puts an emphasis on the surface, which is increased to a style of reduced forms and thus creates a clear composition, a trait showing influence of Art Nouveau, on the other hand, the choice of colors and the bodies‘ excitement show an obvious expressiveness. [CM].
Monogrammed upper right.
With old label on verso, there with inscription and title "Tanzfries". 84,5 x 174,5 cm (33,2 x 68,7 in)
With old label of the Leipzig Kunstvereins, there numbered "2627".
Accompanied by a comprehensive written expertise by Dr. Wagner-Wilke, Kabern, dated 18 August 2010.
PROVENANCE: Private ownership Baden-Württemberg (in possession of one family for four generations, acquired around 1920).
EXHIBITION: A hand-written list of exhibitions by Ludwig von Hofmann, which refers to a selection of works, contains further exhibitions between 1912 and 1915 where the work was shown: 1912 - Kunstverein Lübeck. 1913 - Galerie Gurlitt Berlin. 1914 - Galerie Caspari Munich. 1915 - Kunstverein Naumburg, Oberhessischer Kunstverein Gießen, Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Kunstverein Leipzig, Museum Weimar. No date - Galerie Commeter, Hamburg (with label on verso, there numbered "N° 1801").
Single exhibitions:
Ludwig von Hofmann - Erstmaliger Überblick über das Schaffen des Künstlers 1891-1916. Galerie Arnold, Dresden, 10 January - mid February 1917. The work is listed in the belonging catalog under the category "Gemälde 1912-16" under cat. no. 32 "Tanzfries".
Special exhibition Ludwig von Hofmann - Hessische Kunstausstellung Darmstadt 1917. Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 14 June -30 September 1917. The belonging catalog lists the work under the number 15 "Tanzfries" verzeichnet.
LITERATURE: Graef, Botho: Die künstlerische Welt in den Bildern Ludwig von Hofmanns. In: Zeitschrift für Bildende Kunst, volume 52, 1917, pp. 133-144.
This work occupies a special position within the oeuvre of Ludwig von Hofmann, as it unites all artistic elements that characterized the artist’s creation at the brink to Modernism in an exemplary manner: on the one hand he puts an emphasis on the surface, which is increased to a style of reduced forms and thus creates a clear composition, a trait showing influence of Art Nouveau, on the other hand, the choice of colors and the bodies‘ excitement show an obvious expressiveness. [CM].
1179
Ludwig von Hofmann
Tanzfries, 1912.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 33,000 Sold:
€ 172,020 / $ 189,222 (incl. surcharge)