Die Erde (The Earth)

Details

HUGO HÖPPENER (FIDUS) (1868-1948)
Die Erde (The Earth)
signed and dated 'Fidus.-93' (lower right); with collector's mark in violet 'EUGEN LUCIUS SCHÖNSTADT/ NO. 30' (on the reverse)
pencil, ink, wash and watercolour on paper
19½ x 13¼ in. (49.5 x 33.5 cm.)
Executed in 1893.

Provenance

Formerly Collection of Dr. Eugen Lucius, Frankfurt a.M/ Schonstadt (between 1893-1903), acquired directly from the artist, thence by decent their sale; Grisebach, Berlin, 27 November 2013, lot 201, where acquired by the late Barry Humphries.

Literature

J. Frecot et. al., Fidus 1868–1948. Zur ästhetischen Praxis bürgerlicher Fluchtbewegungen, Munich, 1972, p. 316.

Conditions of sale

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Benedict Winter Associate Director, Specialist

Lot Essay

Die Erde is a composition which Fidus would revisit throughout his œuvre. This version is likely to have been executed in 1893. Eugen Lucius (1834-1903) was a German chemist and industrialist who founded the firm Hoechst AG, he built up a large collection of works by Fidus.

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