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Poem Ein Selbstbildnis [A Self-Portrait], 1910

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Pencil on paper
30×19.2 cm

Artists

  • Egon Schiele

    (Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Transcription:

A SELF-PORTRAIT.

AN ETERNAL DREAMING FULL WITH THE SWEETEST
EXCESS OF LIFE – DISQUIETED, –
WITH UNEASY PAINS WITHIN, IN THE
SOUL. – BLAZES, BURNS, GROWS
FOR A FIGHT, – HEART SMITE.
BECAUSE OF AND INSANE ASTIR WITH
STIRRING DESIRE. – POWERLESS IS
THE AGONY OF THOUGHT, MEANINGLESS, TO
REACH THOUGHTS. – WERE THE LANGUAGE
OF THE CREATOR TO SPEAK AND
WERE THERE. – DEMONS! BREAK THE
VIOLENCE! –
YOUR LANGUAGE, – YOUR SIGNS, –
YOUR POWER.

Egon Schiele 1910.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Egon Schiele
Title
Poem Ein Selbstbildnis [A Self-Portrait]
Date
1910
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
Pencil on paper
Dimensions
30×19.2 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7406
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 4
Keywords
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Egon Schiele
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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. 196; (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: 4
  2. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Rechnung Nr. 01-2023 vom 18.04.2023

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