Featured Abstract Watercolor - with watermark

I suspect the last name is German....I keep thinking of Fritzberg (and I did find a Fritz Berg) but another pair of eyes on the signature would help. Also, there is a watermark. Very faint but definitely there. I can not figure it out. I do think I see RIVES which I know is a type of artists paper. I read someone who used cinnamon to lift a watermark to make it easier to view but I really don't want to do that this work on paper. Any thoughts or suggestions?
Thanks so much.

 

And just figured out it is BFK RIVES.....now anything about the artist?

 

One of a couple of THE most common papers. Art looks good tho!

 

The art does look good, and I think you've got the name correct.
I didn't look for him yet, does it look representative of his work?

Edited to say - I could not find him, Laura, do you have a link?

I would NEVER use a powder on paper artwork, glad you didn't.

 

The artist is Johnny Friedlaender (1912-1992). He was famous for his etchings

 

Thank you!!!! I was WAYYYYY off which is typical!!!

 

I like it!

It looks like the image was included in a book.
http://johnnyfriedlaender.eu/biography.html

"1965 From January 24 to February 21, an exhibition entitled "J.Friedlaender,Aquarelle und Radierungen" takes place at the "Museum zu Allerheiligen", in Schafthausen. Nesto Jacometti presents the artist at the vernissage.




In November of that year, on the occasion of the tenth exhibition at the "La Hune" Gallery devoted to the recent works of Johnny Friedlaender, an album entitled "Johnny Friedlaender, works 1961-1965" with a foreword by Max-Pol Fouchet, "Touchstone", New York, "Manus Presse", Stuttgart, is presented to the public. It includes a lithography signed by the author.

The "Variation sur rouge" (variation on the colour red) album, counting seven prints, is published by "Manus Presse"."