Head of a Man (Mannerkopf)
Carl Hofer, German, 1878 - 1955
1923
Drypoint on wove paper
Artist's proof
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (29.8 × 19.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.952.2.11
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Initialled, in plate, lower left: CH; signed, in graphite, lower right: Hofer; inscribed, in graphite, lower left: Probedruck; inscribed, in blue ink, lower left edge: A. Flechtkeim / V. 1923 Mannerkopf (?) 1923
Course History
SART 27, Printmaking I: Intaglio, Louise Hamlin, Spring 2012
SART 27, SART 28, Printmaking I: Intaglio, Printmaking II, Louise Hamlin, Winter 2013
SART 27, SART 28, Printmaking I: Intaglio, Printmaking II, Louise Hamlin, Winter 2012
Provenance
Charles D. Childs, Boston, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 1952.
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