Oil on canvas (lined), signed and dated at lower right, presented in a contemporary ebonized Dutch style frame with gilt liner.

Sight size 50 x 39.5 in.; Frame dimensions 63.5 x 53 in.

From the Collection of James H. Craig and Randy S. Johnson, Sarasota, Florida

Exhibited:
Mint Museum Randolph, Charlotte, North Carolina, Personal Preferences: Paintings from the Jim Craig and Randy Johnson Collection, February 1 - June 3, 2007

The title of this painting derives from a famous German drinking song, with fiducit being the affirmative response to schmollis, or "Let's drink to our friendship."

Some rubbing along edges from frame; some scattered spot touch-ups.

$2,000 - 4,000