The Letter
1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 90.7 × 70 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-111080
Hofer's art is filled with disillusionment and pessimism, expressing his dark vision of modern life through a limited range of themes that the artist repeated obsessively. Born in Karlsruhe, Hofer settled in Berlin in 1913. Condemned by the Nazis as a "degenerate artist," in 1933 he was dismissed from his teaching post. In 1943 Hofer's studio and most of his work were destroyed by bombing.
Provenance
Hurlbut Collection, 1939.750
Registry history
- 1934 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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