Fritz Schwimbeck

Collapse of St. Nicholas,

1917,

ink on carton
 

Fritz Schwimbeck (1889-1972)

"Collapse of St. Nicholas" ("Zusammenbruch von St. Nikolai"), an illustration for Gustav Meyrink's novel The Green Face

1917

ink on carton

21,8 x 14,5 cm

signed and verso dated "15./17.II17"
Gustav Meyrink (1868-1932)
album page with photograph of the author Gustav Meyrink
1927
signed "Gustav Meyrink"
dated "3/III.27."
inscribed "Summa Scientia Nihil Scire" ["The summit of knowledge is to know nothing."]  Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz (1616)
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