KUBIN Alfred (1877-1959).

KUBIN Alfred (1877-1959).
Autograph poem signed "Alfred Kubin" with drawings,
An Paula!, Zwickledt March 1918| 1 page in-4 (28.4 x 22.3 cm| upper corners cut)| in German.
Amusing poem illustrated with two watercolor drawings.
This 13-line poem, carefully calligraphed in black ink, is illustrated with two pen-and-watercolor drawings, depicting a drunken soldier holding a flag, in front of a laughing pig.
"Caphocal du süsser Puder
Machst das Leben lind und Leicht"...
Caphocal du süsser Puder Machst das Leben lind und Leicht"... Free translation: Caphocal, sweet powder You make life sweet and easy Venus returns to the charge And savage Mars moves away
In Vienna I know a woman In the perfume of the vineyards
Grinzing has the most beautiful meadows"... Etc. Caphocal is a preparation made from sugar, flour and cocoa used in the diet of young children.
At the top of the page, Kubin notes: "With the remark 'Dem Marianneum überwiesen' (Transferred to the Marianneum) at the top edge.
Marianneum). Ink stamp on verso of Frau Marianne Haeutler in Vienna.
Verso, 5 autograph lines in pencil: "das Lied vom Caphocal - An Paula! Dieses Lied wurde Paula im Herzen gedichtet - und (weil ich ja doch kein Glück habe) dem Marianneum überwiesen" (the song from the Caphocal - to Paula! Here's a love song intended for Paula - and (as I'm unlucky) transferred to the Marianneum).

PROVENANCE: Künstlerautographen, Eine Schweizer Privatsammlung, Galerie
Kornfeld, Bern (June 13, 2013), no. 78.