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Letter from Egon Schiele to Richard Lányi, 18th Mar. 1918

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Ink on paper
29.6×19.3 cm

Artists

  • Egon Schiele

    (Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)

  • Richard Lányi

    (Vienna 1884–1942 Auschwitz)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Translation of the Transcription:

18th March.

Dear Mr. [Richard] Lanyi! – please send me the sum of 1500 c [crowns] due for the “girl”, minus the money for the books I bought from you recently.

Kind regards

EGON
SCHIELE
1918

Object data

Artist/author
  • Sender: Egon Schiele
  • Recipient: Richard Lányi
Title
Letter from Egon Schiele to Richard Lányi
Date
18th Mar. 1918
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
Ink on paper
Dimensions
29.6×19.3 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7566 01
Inventory access
Accession 2023
Catalogue raisonne
  • ESDA ID 116
Keywords
autographpaperletter/envelopeEgon SchieleRichard Lányi
Egon Schiele
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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Auktion: 21.03.1989, Dorotheum Wien, Los Nr. 348; (1)
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (1989-2010);
Privatsammlung Leopold, Wien (2010-2023); (2)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (2023)

  1. Egon Schiele Datenbank der Autografen (ESDA), ID: 116
  2. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Rechnung Nr. 01-2023 vom 18.04.2023

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