UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICA – Reflections on "Pierrot Lunaire" - Paintings by Preston Trombly
Auction Ends: Jan 28, 2024 02:59 PM EST

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Pierrot No. 2 | Colombine (Columbine)

Item Number
02
Estimated Value
1850 USD
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Item Description

 

No. 2 Colombine (Columbine)

  • Preston Trombly © 2023
  • Mixed media collage on watercolor paper 18” x 12”
  • Float mounted inside a white mat and in a plain black 24” x 18” frame

Item Special Note

"Pierrot Lunaire"

Set by Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), op. 21 (1912)
Text by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864-1905), after Albert Giraud (1860-1929) Laurance Wieder (English)

2. Columbine (Columbine)

Des Mondlichts bleiche Blüten,
Die weißen Wunderrosen,
Blühn in den Julinachten -
O brach ich eine nur!

Mein banges Leid zu lindern,
Such ich am dunklen Strome
Des Mondlichts bleiche Blüten,
Die weißen Wunderrosen.

Gestillt wär all mein Sehnen,
Dürft ich so märchenheimlich,
So selig leis - entblättern
Auf deine brauenen Haare
Des Mondlichts bleiche Blüten!

 

Moonlight’s pale blossoms,
The white wonder-roses,
Bloom in July evenings --,
O I'd pluck just one!

To ease anxious suffering,
I search on dark streams,
Moonlight’s pale blossoms,
The white wonder-roses.

All my longings would be stilled
If I might, fabled, stalk
Slightly tipsy--strew petals
In your brown hair (of)
The moonlight’s pale blossoms!