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Sleeping Couple II [Schlafende II]

c. 1926

Karl Hofer

Associated Names

Karl Hofer

Artist, German, 1878 - 1955

The image shows two people lying on a bed in a close and relaxed pose. They are lying on their sides, with one figure behind the other and an arm draped over them. The figure in front has their head resting on a pillow, facing the viewer with closed eyes. Both figures have abstract facial features and simplified hair. They appear to be unclothed. The background is minimal, focusing on the bed they are lying on.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph on laid paper
Credit Line

Gift of Christopher and Beverly With in memory of Karl and Gerda With
Dimensions

sheet: 29.21 × 39.37 cm (11 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

2016.142.3
Catalogue Raisonné

Rathenau 1969, Vol. L, no. 78

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Karl With; gift to Beverly and Christopher With, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

With, Christopher

Bibliography

1969

Rathenau, Ernest. Karl Hofer; das graphische Werk. New York: Ernest Rathenau, 1969: no. 78.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Hofer

Wikidata ID

Q77258356

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