Poem Ein Selbstbildnis [A Self-Portrait]
1910
(Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)
Translation of the 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.
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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)
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