Auction 306: Old Masters & 19th Century Art | 24 November 2021
Fidus (Hugo Höppener)

2 sheets: Head of a girl

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Fidus (Hugo Höppener)
1868 Lübeck – Berlin 1948
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Pencil on wove. (18)90. 25.6 x 19.7 cm and 25.3 x 18 cm. Monogrammed and dated “7.I.90” and “8.I.90” within the depictions. Inscribed and with various annotations (1), “I”, and “II” in the upper right corners.

Result: € 6,875*

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Provenienz:
Privatbesitz, Berlin.

Description

Die zwei Studien zur “Lotoskönigin”, an zwei aufeinander folgenden Tagen entstanden, zeigen die Transformation vom jungen Mädchen zur mystisch aufgeladenen Lotoskönigin. Von dem Motiv entstand 1890 eine Heliogravüre im Verlag des St. Georgs-Bundes G.M.B.H. Woltersdorf bei Erkner sowie 1925 eine Postkarte im Fidus-Verlag, Woltersdorf. – Mehrere Reißnadellöchlein in den Ecken, entlang der Ränder schwache Griffspuren. Insgesamt in guter Erhaltung.

Period

19th century

Technique

Works on paper

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