OTTO SCHOFF (1888-1938). Reclining.
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Otto Schoff (1888-1938), lying down, oil on canvas, signed, ca. 63 x 95 cm, with frame approx. 67 x 99 cm.
PROVENANCE: Schleswig-Holstein private collection, acquired around 1965.
After an apprenticeship as a decorative painter, Schoff received drawing lessons at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin and was a student of Emil Orlik there. He stayed in Paris in 1913/14 and settled in Berlin after the First World War. Eroticism and male and female homosexuality were central themes of his work. In 1937, various of his works were confiscated and destroyed as part of the “Degenerate Art” campaign.
Condition
Small retouched tear in the lower right area of the image, here covered with adhesive tape on the back.
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Description
Otto Schoff (1888-1938), lying down, oil on canvas, signed, ca. 63 x 95 cm, with frame approx. 67 x 99 cm.
PROVENANCE: Schleswig-Holstein private collection, acquired around 1965.
After an apprenticeship as a decorative painter, Schoff received drawing lessons at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin and was a student of Emil Orlik there. He stayed in Paris in 1913/14 and settled in Berlin after the First World War. Eroticism and male and female homosexuality were central themes of his work. In 1937, various of his works were confiscated and destroyed as part of the “Degenerate Art” campaign.
Condition
Small retouched tear in the lower right area of the image, here covered with adhesive tape on the back.
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