Karl Hofer

Swiss · 1878–1955 · Painter, Printmaker

Karl Christian Ludwig Hofer or Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter. He was director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. (Wikipedia)

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509lots offered2001–2026years recorded94%sold (476)$37.3kSign up free to seemedian price

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Pierrot und HarlekinGrisebach · Jun 2015€575,000≈ $650,728≈ £422,852Sign up to see

Karl Hofer’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

Average price

$69.5kSign up free to see

median $37.3kfree account

High

$991kSign up free to see

auction record in database

Lots sold

476

of 505 offered · 2001–2026

Sell-through

94%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

4 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	329	324	98%	$98.9kSign up	$60.4kSign up	$991kSign up
Oil	329	324	98%	$98.9kSign up	$60.4kSign up	$991kSign up
Works on paper	101	96	95%	$10.2kSign up	$6.7kSign up	$46.8kSign up
Watercolor	12	12	100%	$13.3kSign up	$12.4kSign up	$28.7kSign up
Gouache	11	9	82%	$17.7kSign up	$11.6kSign up	$46.8kSign up
Drawing	77	74	96%	$8.8kSign up	$5.6kSign up	$35.8kSign up
Prints & multiples	71	52	73%	$595Sign up	$389Sign up	$4.3kSign up
Etching	3	1	33%	$799Sign up	$799Sign up	$799Sign up
Aquatint	2	1	50%	$238Sign up	$238Sign up	$238Sign up
Drypoint	6	4	67%	$562Sign up	$576Sign up	$902Sign up
Lithograph	60	46	77%	$602Sign up	$389Sign up	$4.3kSign up
Other	4	4	100%	$9.8kSign up	$9.3kSign up	$20.4kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	11	10	$298Sign up
2025	25	23	$34.8kSign up
2024	10	9	$37.9kSign up
2023	17	15	$40.4kSign up
2022	29	28	$28.6kSign up
2021	22	22	$38.8kSign up
2020	19	16	$41.6kSign up
2019	29	27	$48.5kSign up
2018	26	25	$36.7kSign up
2017	21	17	$43.4kSign up
2016	28	26	$53.5kSign up
2015	36	36	$22.8kSign up
2014	21	21	$32.5kSign up
2013	25	24	$72.6kSign up
2012	18	18	$7.9kSign up
2011	30	30	$56.9kSign up
2010	23	22	$39.1kSign up
2009	33	33	$29.3kSign up
2008	22	22	$40.6kSign up
2007	20	17	$24.6kSign up
2006	12	7	$41.8kSign up
2005	4	4	$37kSign up
2004	12	12	$2.2kSign up
2003	8	8	$6.6kSign up
2002	3	3	$26.7kSign up
2001	1	1	$18.8kSign up