Fidus (Luebeck 1868-1948 Woltersdorf bei Berlin), also known as Hugo Hoeppener
"Von Himmel" ("From Heaven")
1893
ink, brush (black/grey), and pencil on paper
60,5 x 44 cm
monogrammed and dated lower right: "F. 93"
Provenance: Formerly in the collection of the industrialist Dr. Eugen Lucius (1834-1903), Frankfurt a.M./Schönstadt (who acquired the drawing circa 1900, which then passed by descent until its sale in 2016).
Publication History:
"Fidus," Moderne illustrierte Zeitung für Reise und Sport, Heft 3, March 1917, pgs. 23-28, ill. pg. 1 (front page) and ill. pg. 25.