Letter from Egon Schiele in Neulengbach to Carl Reininghaus, 11th Apr. 1912

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Dear K. R. I have to thank you
again for recommending your
lawyer to me. – What has
happened is appalling. – Some
newspapers reported about an
“abduction of a 14-year-old girl”,
which is completely untrue. They
say I met her on the ice, but
I was never on the ice. They say I
had taken a room at a Viennese
hotel the same night that I visited
you for the second time,
on the 2nd night (23rd Nov.) etc.
– What is true is that I met her here in
N. [Neulengbach], because she
was running after me; what is true is
that she wanted to run away from
home and told me she had a
grandmother in Vienna etc.

I am curious to see how it
all plays out. 125 of my drawings
have been confiscated, by a
gendarme and a police officer,
of course, very telling. –
I have been summoned for
Saturday. This is what I can
tell you so far. – Of course, I am
greatly hindered in my work. –
I have sent you the Austrian magazine
in which a new reporter is writing
about the Hagenbund and myself.
The WW [Wiener Werkstätte] have acquired
the trees with the sun at the Hagenbund. –
How are you, if you are feeling any better,
do write to me; if you do not want to
pose for me for a painting now I would like to
get started on Karli [Karl Reininghaus, son of the recipient] is that alright? –
It would be very nice of you
if you could send me the remaining

sum for the wooden picture
which is 110 c [crowns] because
otherwise I have to keep relying on advance
payments from the Hagenbund. And
they keep talking to me about my
patron, people are disgusting.
– What have you drawn so far?
I am very curious! –
Write to me if you feel like it.

Kind regards,
Egon Schiele
Neulengbach.