Fidus (Luebeck 1868-1948 Woltersdorf bei Berlin), also known as Hugo Hoeppener
"Sag kleines Tier...." ["Say little animal...."]
1893
pen in black ink and spray technique on wove paper
24,9 x 33,9 cm
dated and signed lower right: "Fidus '93"
inscribed lower right:
"Sag kleines Tier - Bist du mir so gut wie ich dir?"
["Say little animal - are you as good as me?"]
Provenance: Industrialist Dr. Eugen Lucius (1834-1903), Frankfurt a.M.
The girl is probably Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach's daughter Stella.
Publication History:
1893 Zeitschrift Sphinx, Jg. VIII, Bd. 17, Heft 5, August 1893, S. 131 (with the title "Zwiegespräch" ["Dialogue"])
1902 Fidus, Naturkinder von Fidus, Mappe I, Minden 1902, sheet 6
1917 "Fidus," Moderne illustrierte Zeitung für Reise und Sport, Heft 3, March 1917, pgs. 23-28, ill. pg. 28.
1921 Junge Menschen, 2. Jahrgang, Heft 6, Ende März 1921, illustrated at pg. 94.
1927 Verlag des St. Georg-Bundes (Hrsg.), Fidusbilder. Bebildertes Verzeichnis, Erkner-Berlin 1927, Kat. 52, S. 38.
1972 Janos Frecot, Johann Friedrich Geist, Diethart Kerbs, Fidus 1868-1949. Zur ästhetischen Praxis bürgerlicher Fluchtbewegungen, München 1972, S. 316.
