Fidus (Luebeck 1868-1948 Woltersdorf bei Berlin), also known as Hugo Hoeppener
"Madonna I," also known as "Zwiegebet" ["Prayer"]
1890
pencil on wove paper
31,1 x 22 cm
monogrammed and dated in pencil lower left: "f. Nov 90"
inscribed verso: "Madonna I"
Provenance: Industrialist Dr. Eugen Lucius (1834-1903), Frankfurt a.M./Schönstadt (verso with the stamp "Eugen Lucius Schönstadt").
Publication History:
1927 Verlag des St. Georg-Bundes (Hrsg.), Fidusbilder. Bebildertes Verzeichnis, Erkner-Berlin 1927, Cat. 89, pg. 60 (as "Zwiegebet").
1972 Janos Frecot, Johann Friedrich Geist, Diethart Kerbs, Fidus 1868-1949. Zur ästhetischen Praxis bürgerlicher Fluchtbewegungen, München 1972, pg. 310.
