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.
