Fidus (Luebeck 1868-1948 Woltersdorf bei Berlin), also known as Hugo Hoeppener
"Entwurf zu einem Grabrelief" ["Study for a Grave Relief"]
1907
pencil, charcoal, and chalk on paper, backed with linen
77,0 x 111,3 cm
signed lower left: "Fidus 1907"
titled lower right: "Entwurf zu einem Grabrelief"
Exhibition History:
Thüringer Ausstellungsverein in Weimar (label on verso)
Erste Gesamtausstellung der Werke von Fidus zu seinem 60. Geburtstage [First Complete Exhibition of the Works of Fidus for his 60th Birthday], Auditorium d. Handelshochschule, Berlin, Sept. 23 to Oct. 17, 1928, and Altonaer Museum, Hamburg-Altona, Oct. 31 to Nov. 24, 1928.
Publication History:
Fidus and Jakob Feldner, Erste Gesamtausstellung der Werke von Fidus zu seinem 60. Geburtstage [First Complete Exhibition of the Works of Fidus for his 60th Birthday] (Woltersdorf bei Erkner: Fidus-Verlag, 1928), cat. no. 528 ("Grabrelief dazu, selbst gemeisselt" ).
The grave relief was commissioned by the Ehrhardt family (merchant and city council member Jacob Ehrhardt and his wife Maria) in Riga. The stone relief survives, in poor condition, in the Great Cemetery (Großen Friedhofs) in Riga, Latvia. See: Edi Goetschel, "Relief für ein Erbbegräbnis," 2019, https://marginalien.ch/fidus/relief-fuer-ein-erbbegraebnis.