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Letter from the Head of the Art Collection Department of the Imperial-Royal War Press Office Vienna Academy of Fine Arts to Egon Schiele, 3rd Aug. 1917

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Typewriter, ink, print on paper
27.7×20.8 cm

Artists

  • Egon Schiele

    (Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Transcription:

Vienna, 3rd August 1917.
Most Honorable
Mr.
Egon Schiele,
Academic painter,
Vienna.

We hereby inform you that the exhibitions in Rotterdam and
Stockholm have been dropped by the War Press Office,
while the exhibitions in Amsterdam and The Hague remain unaffected.
Your request concerning the sales clause will certainly be considered
in the event of a sale at the exhibitions.
The number of reproductions for the catalogue depends on
the size of the catalogues, but at least one of your works will be
reproduced in the catalogues in any case.

[stamp:] Head of the Art Collection Department:

Dr. [Viktor] Heindl

REGISTERED MAIL.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Recipient: Egon Schiele
Title
Letter from the Head of the Art Collection Department of the Imperial-Royal War Press Office Vienna Academy of Fine Arts to Egon Schiele
Date
3rd Aug. 1917
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
Typewriter, ink, print on paper
Dimensions
27.7×20.8 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7435
Inventory access
Accession 2023
Catalogue raisonne
  • ESDA ID 3006
Keywords
Egon Schiele
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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Privatsammlung Leopold, Wien; (1)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (2023)

  1. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Rechnung Nr. 01-2023 vom 18.04.2023

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