Ludwig von Hofmann (Darmstadt 1861 – 1945 Pillnitz). Women by the sea. 1908 Oil on canvas. 66 × 96,5 cm (26 × 38 in.). Signed and dated on the upper left: Ludwig von Hofmann 1908. The painting was prepared with a charcoal drawing showing five women and a slightly different background (21.6 × 32.7 cm; cf. the illustration in the exhibition catalogue: Ludwig von Hofmann. Arcadian Utopias in Modernism. Darmstadt, Institut Mathildenhöhe, 2005/06, p. 223, cat. no. 144). [3063] Provenance: Private Collection, Europe Exhibition: Ludwig von Hofmann. Berlin, Kunstsalon Fritz Gurlitt, 1908 (without cat.) The work is being auctioned on behalf of and for the benefit of a European charitable foundation