Hermann Hesse

Certenago
1927

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Watercolour and pencil on cardboard

23.5 × 25 cm / 9 1/4 × 9 13/16 in

Dated »12. juli 27« and stamped with the collector stamp »Bruno Hesse CH-3399 Oschwand« in the right margin

Dated, titled and stamped with the collector stamp »Bruno Hesse CH-3399 Oschwand« and also marked »für Rosa« in handwriting on the old passe-partout

Provenance

The artist’s studio; Collection Bruno Hesse; Collection Rosa Hesse; Private Collection Rhineland

Exhibitions

Ernst Barlach Museum, "Hermann Hesse - Dichter, Maler, Kultfigur", Wedel 2018/2019
Galerie Ludorff, "Hermann Hesse – Malerfreude", Düsseldorf 2016

Literature

The writer Hermann Hesse also worked as a visual artist and created an extensive oeuvre of watercolours and poetry illustrations.