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Fidus (i.e. Höppener, Hugo)

Lübeck 1868 – 1948 Woltersdorf near Berlin

„Vom Himmel“. 1893

Brush in grey and black, pen and black ink and pencil on paper, mounted by the artist firmly on grey cardboard. 46,6 × 32,4 cm (60,5 × 44 cm) (18 ⅜ × 12 ¾ in. (23 ⅞ × 17 ⅜ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Fidus (i.e. Höppener, Hugo). „Vom Himmel“. 1893.

Estimate:

EUR 1,500

 

- 2,000

USD 1,710

 

- 2,280

Sold for:

10,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2016

19th Century Art, Wednesday, 01.06.2016

Information

Brush in grey and black, pen and black ink and pencil on paper, mounted by the artist firmly on grey cardboard. 46,6 × 32,4 cm (60,5 × 44 cm) (18 ⅜ × 12 ¾ in. (23 ⅞ × 17 ⅜ in.)). Monogrammed and dated lower right: F. 93. On the mount cardboard titled lower right: Vom Himmel. 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. 58, p. 66, ill. p. 67

Janos Frecot, Johann Friedrich Geist and Diethart Kerbs: Fidus 1868–1948. Zur ästhetischen Praxis bürgerlicher Fluchtbewegungen. Munich, Rogner & Bernhard, 1972, p. 316

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