Hermann Hesse

Einsamer Abend
ca. 1950/52

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Watercolour and Indian ink on paper

2 sheets, each 8 3/4 × 7 in

With the handwritten poem in 9 lines

Provenance

The artist’s studio; Collection Maria Basedow; Private Collection Switzerland

Exhibitions

Galerie Ludorff, "Hermann Hesse – Malerfreude", Düsseldorf 2016
Olaf Gulbransson Museum, "Hermann Hesse - Aquarelle und Gedichte", Tegernsee 2013
Galerie Ludorff, "Der Anfang aller Kunst ist die Liebe – Aquarelle und Gedichte von Hermann Hesse", Dusseldorf 2012

Literature

Galerie Ludorff, "Hermann Hesse – Malerfreude", Dusseldorf 2016, p. 173
Galerie Ludorff, "Hermann Hesse – Der Anfang aller Kunst ist die Liebe – Aquarelle und Gedichte von Hermann Hesse", Dusseldorf 2012, p. 125

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