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Fidus (i.e. Höppener, Hugo)

Lübeck 1868 – 1948 Woltersdorf near Berlin

„Der Tempel der Erde“. 1895/1901

Pen and brush and India ink on cardboard. 42,8 × 50,9 cm (16 ⅞ × 20 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Fidus (i.e. Höppener, Hugo). „Der Tempel der Erde“. 1895/1901.

Estimate:

EUR 2,000

 

- 2,500

USD 2,280

 

- 2,840

Sold for:

17,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2016

19th Century Art, Wednesday, 01.06.2016

Information

Pen and brush and India ink on cardboard. 42,8 × 50,9 cm (16 ⅞ × 20 in.). Titled, signed and dated upper right: DER TEMPEL DER ERDE Fidus.– 1895 u 1901. On the reverse lower right the violet collectors stamp, numbered in pen in black: Eugen Lucius Frankfurt a.M. No. 12. Enclosure: „Fidus' Tempelkunst. Vortrag von Wilh. Spohr mit farbigen Lichtbildern vom Künstler“, Berlin, 6 April 1903. Poster, 35,6 × 46,8 cm, printed by Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin. Framed

Formerly collection Dr. Eugen Lucius, Frankfurt am Main (1834–1903), thence by descent to the present owner

Künstler und Propheten. Eine geheime Geschichte der Moderne 1872–1972. Frankfurt a. M., Schirn Kunsthalle, and Prague, Národní Galerie, 2015, cat. no. 76 (the drawing, here erroneously described as a print), p. 86, ill. p. 87, and cat. no. 88, colour ill. p. 81 (the poster)

Janos Frecot, Johann Friedrich Geist and Diethart Kerbs: Fidus 1868–1948. Zur ästhetischen Praxis bürgerlicher Fluchtbewegungen. Munich, Rogner & Bernhard, 1972, p. 334 (5.1 Bildnerische Tätigkeit: 1901, no. 8: AR [= Architekturentwurf] Der Tempel der Erde, Federzeichnung, 2. Fassung, Perspektive)

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