Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (1851-1913)
"Seiltänzer" ("Tightrope Walker")
ink, pen, and brush on paper
1891
9 7/8 x 19 3/4 in.
signed upper right: Diefenbach 1891
The Daulton Collection
This drawing is a highly finished and close study for a panel of Diefenbach's monumental masterpiece "Per aspera ad astra" (1892, mixed technique on canvas) in the collection of the Stadtmuseum Hadamer. See Michael Buhrs, ed., Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (1851-1913) Lieber sterben, als meine Ideale verleugnen! (Munich: Museum Villa Stuck and Edition Minerva, 2009), pg. 90, ill. 66.
