Fidus (Luebeck 1868-1948 Woltersdorf bei Berlin), also known as Hugo Hoeppener
"Glück" ["Happiness"] (three sidebars with dancers and Adam and Eve with monkey and snake)
1896
ink and watercolor on wove paper
37,6 x 27,2 cm
monogrammed upper right: "F."
date in pencil verso: "Sommer 96"
Provenance: Industrialist Dr. Eugen Lucius (1834-1903), Frankfurt a.M, who acquired the drawing directly from the artist between 1894 and 1903.
Publication History:
Jugend, II. Jahrgang (July 17, 1897), No. 29, p. 489, as the edge decorations for the poem by J. Loewenberg, see below.