Fritz Schwimbeck (1889-1972)
"Eternity" ["Ewigkeit"], a radiant planet over a polar sea
1918
pen and black ink, traces of white heightening, and graphite on firm wove paper
48,8 x 29 cm
inscribed lower right in pencil: "Prof. Schwimbeck"
verso dated "19.II.[19]18"
The Daulton Collection
This sheet is the highly-finished preparatory drawing for plate VIII of Schwimbeck's portfolio of etchings "Werden und Vergehen" ["Creation and Death," also known as "Becoming and Passing Away"], published in 1919 by the Munich publishing house Parcus & Co.
The Daulton Collection owns finished preparatory drawings for five of the plates of that portfolio.
