HOFER, KARL1878 Karlsruhe - 1955 BerlinTitle: Paar. Date: 1951. Technique: Oil on fibreboard. Measurement: 81 x 61cm. Notation: Monogrammed and dated lower left: CH 51 (in ligature, incised). Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame. Provenance: - Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin- Private collection Berlin Exhibitions: - Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin 1961, cat. no. 11 Literature: - Wohlert, Karl Bernhard: Karl Hofer, Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, vol. 3, VAN HAM Art Publications, Cologne 2007, cat. rais. no. 2402, ill.- Characteristic depiction of a couple with figures lost in the world and absorbed in themselves- Late work of the artist, in which he finds a linear rigour and thus intensifies the impact.