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"

On the mat, there is the inscription "Yggdrasil," 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.