Gilgamesch hat viele Qualen erdultet. 1947.
Oil crayon, rubbed as frottage, pencil and litho chalk.
Ponert 1845. Signed lower right. Verso inscribed "5" and "22" as well as barely legibly inscribed. On wove paper. 25,7 x 35,8 cm (10,1 x 14 in), size of sheet.
This work is the direct model for the stone of the lithograph of the same name (Spielmann 105) from the portfolio "Sumerische Legende". [KP].

PROVENANCE: Private collection Austria.