The catalogue raisonné lists over 2,900 paintings by the artist. The publication also includes Hofer's correspondence and other unpublished documents, as well as a list of 286 paintings by Hofer purged from German museums in 1937. A separate catalogue raisonné of the drawings and watercolors is currently in preparation (see in-process entry cited in this database). The CD-ROM titled, "Supplement-CD der Bilddaten" accompanies Vol. 3. The first volume includes illustrations of the artist's major works, a examples of Hofer's signature. Vols. 2- 3 contain the catalogue raisonné.