Autograph quotation signed.
Berlin, 15. III. 1914.
Oblong 8vo (postcard). 1 page.
$196.00
Inscribed to the German dermatologist Alwin Scharlau: "Ich liebe den der über sich hinaus schaffen will. Nietzsche [...]".
Best known for his portraits of Friedrich Nietzsche (1894) and Stefan George (1897-99), executed as drawings, paintings, busts and reliefs, Stoeving taught at the Berlin Technical University from 1892 and was a successful illustrator of magazines like "Die Gartenlaube" and "Berliner Architekturwelt".
Traces of a postal stamp. Self-addressed by the collector on the reverse. The Mecklenburg physician Scharlau (b. 1888) assembled a collection of artists' autographs by personal application.