Hofman
Maria
1918
Important work
ARTIST:
Hofman, Vlatislav b. 1884, Jicin, Czech Republic. d. 1964, Prague, Czech Republic
Title:
“Maria”, 1918, signed “H” in the plate and in pencil full signature under the print below the mount.
Technique:
Woodcut / Possibly linocut
Paper:
wove 17.5 x 13.9 cm (image only)
Condition:
Excellent. There are some stains to upper left of the image, possibly oil from the printing process, suggesting that this is a proof and it was possibly printed by hand. Some bleeding of the oil in the lower part of the torso
Realisation / Published:
Published for the German art journal “Die Schone Raritat” 1918
Reference / Literature:
Sohn, 27808-2, Siebentes, Heft, Oktober, 1918
Provenance:
Galerie Hochdruck, 2015
Asking:
Contact for price
A work closely resembling “Maria”, (see coloured woodblock in this Inventory and Illustration), and other notable examples that are extant in Museum collections throughout the world, confirms the artist’s affinity with Marian imagery as a the subject matter. The gesture of the “penitent” head, was a stylistic manifestation of Hofman’s exploration and preoccupation of sorrow, forgiveness and compassion, ideas Hofman explored in his work.