Gertrud Mediz [Krems, Austria 1893-1975 (1935?) Zurich], also known as Gertrude (sometimes Gertrud or Trude) Honzatko (sometimes Hozatko)-Mediz
"Im Herbst" ["In Autumn"] (a Mediumistic/Symbolist Landscape)
1912
etching and aquatint on firm paper
17,8 x 14,5 cm (image)
44,9 x 31,5 cm (sheet)
a proof impression of the final state
signed and dated in pencil lower right: "G.Mediz. 1912."
titled in pencil lower left: "Im Herbst. Letzter Zustand" ["In Autumn. Last state."]
lower right in pencil inscribed, dated, and signed:
"Meiner lieben Großmutter zu Weihnachten 1912 von ihrer Enkelin Gertrud"
["To my dear grandmother for Christmas 1912 from her granddaughter Gertrud."]
The Daulton Collection
The Daulton Collection thanks Dr. Elmar R. Gruber (Collection Of Mediumistic Art, CoMA, www.mediumistic.art), who is perhaps the world's leading authority on Gertrud Mediz, for his decipherment and translation of the inscription on this drawing.
