Fidus (Luebeck 1868-1948 Woltersdorf bei Berlin), also known as Hugo Hoeppener
"Zauber der Unschuld" ["Magic of Innocence"]
also known as "Klein-Marion" ["Little Marion"]
1892
pen in black ink on paper
28,2 x 37,6 cm
signed and dated lower right: "Fidus. 92"
inscribed lower left:
""Lieber Löwe lauft nicht davon - hab' keine Angst vor Klein-Marion!"
[""Dear Lion do not run away - do not be afraid of little Marion!""]
Provenance: Industrialist Dr. Eugen Lucius (1834-1903), Frankfurt a.M./Schönstadt (verso with the stamp "Eugen Lucius Schönstadt").
Publication History:
1893 Zeitschrift Sphinx, Jg. VIII, Bd. 17, Heft 5, August 1893, S. 131 (with the title "Zauber der Unschuld" ["Magic of Innocence"])
1902 Fidus, Naturkinder, Minden 1902, sheet 2 (with the title "Klein-Marion" ["Little Marion"])
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. 113, S. 74.
1972 Janos Frecot, Johann Friedrich Geist, Diethart Kerbs, Fidus 1868-1949. Zur ästhetischen Praxis bürgerlicher Fluchtbewegungen, München 1972, S. 312f.
