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Correspondence-Postcard from Gustav Klimt to Julius Zimpel “ “Heil“ Birthday …“, (Litzlberg on Lake Attersee), undated

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Leopold Museum,
Vienna
recto: Print, ink on cardboard, verso: Ink on cardboard
9×14.1 cm

Artists

  • Gustav Klimt

    (Baumgarten near Vienna 1862–1918 Vienna)

  • Julius Zimpel
Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Transcription:

“HEIL“ BIRTHDAY
GUSTAV.

[…]
best wishes
for the birthday from

Pauline

Lentschi
Grandmother

Aunt Helene
Emilie

[Address block:]

To
Mr.
Julius Zimpel Jr.
Vienna 6th District
Mollardgasse 11

Note from the Leopold Museum:

At the turn of the twentieth century, the word “Heil” was widely used as a solemn or celebratory expression for well-being and happiness without inherent political or extremist implications. Only through its ritualized and ideologically charged appropriation under National Socialism did the term undergo a profound semantic shift, becoming narrowly defined and indelibly marked by its historical associations.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Sender: Gustav Klimt
  • Recipient: Julius Zimpel
Title
Correspondence-Postcard from Gustav Klimt to Julius Zimpel “ “Heil“ Birthday …“, (Litzlberg on Lake Attersee)
Date
undated
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
recto: Print, ink on cardboard, verso: Ink on cardboard
Dimensions
9×14.1 cm
Credit line of the permanent loan
ARGE Collection Gustav Klimt
Keywords
postcardlandscape representationGustav KlimtAtterseelakelandscape: water

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Dauerleigabe der ARGE Sammlung/Collection Gustav Klimt

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postcardlandscape representationGustav KlimtAtterseelakelandscape: water

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