Walther Gasch (Leipzig 1886-1962 Nentershausen-Dens)
An fremder Küste (Die Nornen?) [On a Strange Coast (The Norns?)]
1914
opaque pigment (gouache and watercolor) on bluish paper
27,3 x 26,2 cm (20,8 x 20,5 cm, sheet)
signed lower left: "W. GASCH 1914"
inscribed by the artist in pencil lower right: "AN FREMDER KÜSTE"
inscribed by the artist in pencil lower left: "YGGDRASIL"
Yggdrasil is the sacred cosmic tree in Nordic mythology. And this drawing may therefore depict the Norns, the three goddesses who tend the tree and have control over destiny.
