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Poem Das Porträt des stillbleichen Mädchens [The Portrait of the Silent Pale Girl], 1910

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Indelible pencil on paper
29.9×19.1 cm

Artists

  • Egon Schiele

    (Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Transcription:

THE PORTRAIT OF THE SILENT PALE GIRL.

AN EFFUSION OF MY LOVE, – YES.
I LOVED EVERYTHING. THE GIRL CAME, –
I FOUND HER FACE,
HER UNCONCIOUS
HER WORKER’S HANDS,
I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT HER.
I HAD TO DEPICT HER,
BECAUSE OF HER GAZE AND HER CLOSENESS TO ME. –

NOW SHE IS GONE,
NOW I ENCOUNTER HER BODY.

ESchiele. 1910.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Egon Schiele
Title
Poem Das Porträt des stillbleichen Mädchens [The Portrait of the Silent Pale Girl]
Date
1910
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
Indelible pencil on paper
Dimensions
29.9×19.1 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7405
Inventory access
Accession 2023
Selection of Reference works
  • Der Lyriker Egon Schiele. Briefe und Gedichte 1910–1912 aus der Sammlung Leopold, hrsg. von Rudolf Leopold/Elisabeth Leopold, München 2008.
Catalogue raisonne
  • ESDA ID 2
Keywords
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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Arthur Roessler, Wien
Max Wagner, Wien
Auktion: 26./27.11.1987, Sotheby’s, London, Los Nr. 195; (1)
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (1987-2010);
Privatsammlung Leopold, Wien (2010-2023); (2)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (2023)

  1. Egon Schiele Datenbank der Autografen (ESDA), ID: 2
  2. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Rechnung Nr. 01-2023 vom 18.04.2023

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