Hermann Hesse

Schmetterling
1935

Watercolour and Indian ink on paper

23.5 × 19 cm / 9 1/4 × 7 1/2 in

Edition of From the portfolio »Zwölf Gedichte« for Professor Eduard Monnier

With the handwritten poem in 8 lines

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Provenance

Private Collection Switzerland

Exhibitions

Literature

(Blauer Schmetterling)

Flügelt ein kleiner blauer

Falter vom Wind geweht,

Ein perlmutterner Schauer,

Glitzert, flimmert, vergeht.

So mit Augenblicksblinken,

So im Vorüberwehn

Sah ich das Glück mir winken,

Glitzern, flimmern, vergehn.

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