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  • Portrait of Herman Hesse (1877-1962) : Gruss und Dank!

  • Unknown Artist

  • Physical Description

    1 drawing : Charcoal on paper ; 14.1" x 9.4" (36 cm x 24 cm)

  • Date

    20th century

  • Summary

    Hesse turned toward left, smoking a cigarette in a holder. Under the portrait is printed in german, "Greetings and Thanks" Herman Hesse's name is in pencil, lower right.

  • Depicted

    Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962, Portraits.

  • Subject

    Authors, German, Portraits; Nobel Prize winners

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Charcoal drawings; Drawings

  • Related Archival Collection

    Sally Bodenheimer CollectionSeries XXIVitem 14AR 71697169; Sally Bodenheimer CollectionAR 7169

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Biographical Information

Hermann Hesse was a German-born Swiss poet and writer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. His third wife was Jewish and his work was banned by the Nazis.

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Unknown Artist: Portrait of Herman Hesse (1877-1962) : Gruss und Dank!, Leo Baeck Institute Art and Objects Collection, 80.22.

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