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Postcard from Adele, Josefine and Johann Harms to Egon Schiele, 11th Jun. 1916

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Leopold Museum,
Vienna
recto: Print on cardboard, verso: Ink on cardboard
14.4×9.4 cm

Artists

  • Adele Harms

    (Vienna 1890–1968 Vienna)

  • Josefine Harms

    (Weitersfeld 1850–1936 Vienna)

  • Johann Heinrich Harms

    (Scharnebeck/Hannover 1843–1917 Vienna)

  • Egon Schiele

    (Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Translation of the Transcription:

Vienna
1916

Heartfelt congratulations for tomorrow from your parents-in-law and sister-in-law.
Why so silent? Do let us know how you both are. – [added in a foreign hand:] The art of finding money

[Address block:]
To Mr.
Eg. [Egon] Schiele, One-Year Volunteer
Imperial-Royal Officers’ Station
for Prisoners of War
in Mühling near
Post Office Wieselburg
Scheibbs District
Lower Austria

Object data

Artist/author
  • Sender: Adele Harms
  • Sender: Josefine Harms
  • Sender: Johann Heinrich Harms
  • Recipient: Egon Schiele
Title
Postcard from Adele, Josefine and Johann Harms to Egon Schiele
Date
11th Jun. 1916
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
recto: Print on cardboard, verso: Ink on cardboard
Dimensions
14.4×9.4 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7639
Inventory access
Accession 2023
Catalogue raisonne
  • ESDA ID 2811
Keywords
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Egon Schiele
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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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