1892

Nicht gelistet/Not listed

Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 5362

March 1906 (inferred from content)

Black ink on paper

19,9 x 15,6 cm

[Translation:]

The First Kiss of Love!

Dream images, fantasies
Float before the young man’s gaze,
And love’s magnets draw
Toward her, to his delight.

And he sees her standing before him,
And it captures him by force
And rips him away storm-blown
Fast as lightning to her soon.

And the brown hair is hanging
Soft, supple, close down
Over her red cheeks,
To which love gave glow.

And only kindness not malice
Plays ‘round the beautiful moon
And his gaze announces to her
What the tender one feels.

It captivates him with delight
And in soulful satisfaction
He presses on the rosy lips,
Of his love – first kiss.

Gretel Partonek, Neu-Ofen
Familie Partonek, Salnau
1959: Dorotheum, Wien, Aukt. 12.02.1959, Lot 318
2007: Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (Ankauf Galerie Hassfurther, Wien, Aukt. 29.11.2007, Kat. 24, S. 46-47)

Leopold Museum, Vienna