Mixed media . Gouache, India ink, varnish and metal coating on cardboard. Inscribed "Metallgetrieben" by hand on the reverse. Signed and dated lower left. 99 x 69 cm.
• A fascinating variety of materials and coloristic-technical virtuosity.
• Art Nouveau elegance and opulent fin-de-siècle opulence in decorative ornamentation.
• As a representative of the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk, Strathmann was a member of the German Werkbund from 1912/13.
• In 2019, the Munich City Museum honored him with the grand retrospective exhibition “Jugendstil skurril”.
