Fritz Schwimbeck (1889-1972)
"Madonna des Freudenhauses" ["Madonna of the Brothel"]
1918
pen in black on vellum paper
13,7 x 10,7 cm
signed in pencil bottom right: "F. Schwimbeck"
verso inscribed in pencil: “A de Nora / Madonnas / Madonna d.
B[r]eudenhäuser”
verso also dated and signed again: “4/5.IV.
18 F. Schwimbeck”
The Daulton Collection
Provenance:
ex coll. Carl Laszlo (1923 Pécz - 2013 Basel), the noted Hungarian-Swiss art dealer, art collector, psychoanalyst, and writer
Discussion:
The above ink drawing is a highly-finished study for one of ten etchings published as illustrations in: A. de Nora (d. i. Anton Alfred Noder, 1864-1936), Madonnen. Ein Cyklus [Madonnas. A Cycle] (Leipzig: Staackmann, multiple editions 1919-1925).
