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Letter from Egon Schiele to Gertrude Peschka, 23rd Nov. 1914

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Ink on paper
17.5×11.1 cm

Artists

  • Egon Schiele

    (Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)

  • Gertrude Peschka

    (Tulln 1894–1981 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Translation of the Transcription:

23rd November 1914.

Dear Gerti,
We are living in the most violent time that the world has ever seen – We have grown accustomed to all the hardship – hundreds of thousands of people are going down miserably – we each have to suffer our fate living or dying – we have become hard and fearless. Everything before 1914 belongs to another world, – thus, we will always be looking to the future, – those who are hopeless belong to the dying, – we must be ready to bear anything that life brings us. And just like the sun comes out after a storm, we too will see the sun.
I wish this bliss to you as your brother
Egon Schiele

Object data

Artist/author
  • Sender: Egon Schiele
  • Recipient: Gertrude Peschka
Title
Letter from Egon Schiele to Gertrude Peschka
Date
23rd Nov. 1914
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
Ink on paper
Dimensions
17.5×11.1 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7458
Inventory access
Accession 2023
Catalogue raisonne
  • ESDA ID 109
Keywords
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Provenance

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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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