Lot number 3813 - Auction 160
'5 GEDICHTE' (UM 1930/35)

ERICH KÄSTNER (AFTER) 1899 Dresden - 1974 Munich '5 GEDICHTE' (c. 1930/35) India ink, watercolor, and felt-tip pen on heavy paper, hand-bound. 21.5 x 18 x 0.5 cm. Areas of browning and staining; traces of creasing; some bumping; binding damaged. 10 pages containing 5 handwritten poems by Kästner and 5 full-page illustrations, enclosed in an illustrated cover. The titles of the poems are: 'Traum vom Gesichtertausch', 'Bilanz per Zufall', 'Der synthetische Mensch', 'Feine Leute, 1200 Meter hoch', and 'Eine Mutter zieht Bilanz'.