Franz von Stuck (1863-1928)
A Study for the Title Page of the Magazine "Die Kunst für Alle"
1906
pencil, black wash with brush on laid paper, watermarked "PL BAS"
32,2 × 23 cm. (12 ⅝ × 9 in.)
titled in pencil top center: "DIE KUNST FÜR ALLE"
signed in pencil lower right: "STUCK"
inscribed in pencil lower right with dedication to Ernst Haeckel: "Herrn Prof. Ernst Haeckel in größter Verehrung!" ["To Prof. Ernst Haeckel in greatest respect!"]
The Daulton Collection
condition: creases; unevenly browned.
Provenance: Ex coll. Prof. Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919), the renowned evolutionary biologist