Der Blick (The Gaze)

c. 1900

Karl Hofer

Associated Names
Karl Hofer

Artist, German, 1878 - 1955

The image depicts two figures from the waist up, positioned in an embrace facing each other. The person on the left appears to be a man in a dark suit or coat, with a closely cropped hairstyle. The person on the right appears to be a woman in a lighter colored dress, with hair pulled back. The figures appear to be holding each other closely, with the man’s hand resting on the woman’s arm. Both faces have a simplistic, abstract style, lacking detailed features. The background is filled with swirling lines and star-like patterns, creating a textured and somewhat abstract environment.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.7 × 11.7 cm (5 13/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 34.1 × 26.1 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.289

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rathenau 1969, no. 27, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Glöckner, Cologne); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739), purchased November 20, 1992; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1969

  • Rathenau, Ernest. Karl Hofer; das graphische Werk. New York: Ernest Rathenau, 1969: no. 27, only

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: DER BLICK

Wikidata ID

Q76556541

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