Fidus (Luebeck 1868-1948 Woltersdorf bei Berlin), also known as Hugo Hoeppener
"Purpurtraume (Pygmalion)" ["Purple Dream"]
1896
watercolor, brush and pen and black ink on paper
34,7 x 24 cm
upper left monogrammed "F"
Provenance: Industrialist Dr. Eugen Lucius (1834-1903), Frankfurt a.M, who acquired the drawing directly from the artist between 1894 and 1903
In the Archive of the German Youth Movement (Archiv der deutschen Jugendbewegung) in Witzenhausen, there is a closely related watercolor drawing of nearly identical composition (but in a largely monochromatic blue-purple palette). See: Archiv der deutschen Jugendbewegung, N 38 (Höppener, Hugo, gen. Fidus), No 522 (Aquarelle von Hugo Höppener), Aquarell Nr. 5.
