Fidus (Luebeck 1868-1948 Woltersdorf bei Berlin), also known as Hugo Hoeppener

"Entwurf zu einem Grabrelief" ["Study for a Grave Relief"]

1907

pencil, charcoal, and chalk on paper, backed with linen

77,0 x 111,3 cm

signed lower left: "Fidus 1907"

titled lower right: "Entwurf zu einem Grabrelief"

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Provenance: Estate of the Artist

Exhibition History:  

Thüringer Ausstellungsverein in Weimar (label on verso)

Erste Gesamtausstellung der Werke von Fidus zu seinem 60. Geburtstage [First Complete Exhibition of the Works of Fidus for his 60th Birthday], Auditorium d. Handelshochschule,  Berlin, Sept. 23 to Oct. 17, 1928, and Altonaer Museum, Hamburg-Altona, Oct. 31 to Nov. 24, 1928. 

Publication History:

Fidus and Jakob Feldner, Erste Gesamtausstellung der Werke von Fidus zu seinem 60. Geburtstage [First Complete Exhibition of the Works of Fidus for his 60th Birthday] (Woltersdorf bei Erkner: Fidus-Verlag, 1928), cat. no. 528 ("Grabrelief dazu, selbst gemeisselt" ).

The grave relief was commissioned by the Ehrhardt family (merchant and city council member Jacob Ehrhardt and his wife Maria) in Riga.  The stone relief survives, in poor condition, in the Great Cemetery (Großen Friedhofs) in Riga, Latvia.  See: Edi Goetschel, "Relief für ein Erbbegräbnis," 2019, https://marginalien.ch/fidus/relief-fuer-ein-erbbegraebnis.

Fidus (Luebeck 1868-1948 Woltersdorf bei Berlin), also known as Hugo Hoeppener

Study for the Grave Relief of the Erhardt Family in Riga

1906

pencil on wove paper

18,3 x 23,5 cm

inscribed illegibly in pencil on verso

also on verso, another small pencil drawing

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"Fidus selbst war wohl mit der Ausführung des Grabmals der Familie Erhardt in Riga nicht zufrieden. Laut seinen Angaben, die sich verso auf einer alten Fotografie des Grabmals aus seinem Nachlaß finden, war sein architektonischer Entwurf viel strenger. Zudem sollte er eine "selbst ausgemeißelte Relief-Flamme" haben. Schließlich geht lediglich das Relief samt dessen Ausführung in "grüngrauem Trondhjemer Talgstein" auf ihn zurück."  B

["Fidus himself was probably not satisfied with the execution of the tomb of the Erhardt family in Riga. According to his information, which can be found on the reverse of an old photograph of the tomb from his estate, his architectural design was much stricter. In addition, it should have a 'self-carved relief fla me.' Ultimately, only the relief and its execution in "green-gray Trondhjem tallow stone" can be traced back to him."]

Contact:

Jack Daulton

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