Otto Greiner (Leipzig 1869 - 1916 Munich)
Studies for the lost painting "Huldigung an die Schönheit" ["Homage to Beauty"]
circa 1890
red and black chalk on paper
45,5 x 33 cm
signed and inscribed lower right and center: "Greiner Otto" and "dunkelgrüner Grund mit Rot Gelb und Weiß" ["dark green background with red yellow and white"]
in passepartout, mounted on left margin with adhesive strips
Provenance: private ownership, Germany
Rare sheet of studies for Greiner's painting "Huldigung an die Schönheit" ["Homage to Beauty"], circa 1890, presumed to be lost. A reproduction of the painting can be found in Julius Vogel, Otto Greiner (Bielefeld and Leipzig: Belhagen, 1925), after pg. 8, Abb. [ill.] 14.
