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Sketches of an Artist - Original Drawing by Unknown - Mid 20th Century

Early 20th Century

Sketches is an Original Pencil, Ink and Watercolor Drawing realized by an Unknown artist in mid-20th century. Good condition on a yellowed paper. No signature.

Sketches of Establishment is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by an Unknown artist in mid-20th century. Good condition on a yellowed paper. No signature.

I bought this as part of a portfolio of sketches by an obviously talented artist, but don't know the artist's name. These might be studio sketches as exercises, or preparation sketch...

Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955) Das Modell (The artist’s model) Black crayon on paper Signed with monogram ‘CH’ (lower right) 18 x 14.1/8 in. (45.8 x 36 cm.) Provenance: These works come from the artist’s second wife Elizabeth and from then by descent. Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter and the director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most important painters of the Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans Thoma. He first visited Paris in 1899 making acquaintance with Julius Meier-Graefe. In 1902 he studied in Stuttgardt and became friends with the sculptor Hermann Haller...