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Letter from Egon Schiele to Josef Hoffmann with a Sketch, c. Nov. 1910

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Ink on paper
17.6×11 cm

Artists

  • Egon Schiele

    (Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)

  • Josef Hoffmann

    (Pirnitz 1870–1956 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Transcription:

Friday.

Dear Professor, how
should I make the draft?
Could you please write to tell
me how, which of my paintings
or drawings?
I didn’t know what price to put down
I don’t care if it is 500 or 100 c. [crowns].
By when will I need
to be done? –
I will be back for the meeting
on the Kunstschau exhibition. Please

write to me in Krummau,
many thanks in advance and
best regards,

Egon Schiele.

[sketch]

Could it look something
like that?

Object data

Artist/author
  • Sender: Egon Schiele
  • Recipient: Josef Hoffmann
Title
Letter from Egon Schiele to Josef Hoffmann with a Sketch
Date
c. Nov. 1910
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
Ink on paper
Dimensions
17.6×11 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7796
Inventory access
Accession 2023
Selection of Reference works
  • Der Lyriker Egon Schiele. Briefe und Gedichte 1910–1912 aus der Sammlung Leopold, hrsg. von Rudolf Leopold/Elisabeth Leopold, München 2008.
Catalogue raisonne
  • ESDA ID 30
Keywords
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Egon Schiele
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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Auktion: 26.05.1979, Auktionshaus Hassfurther, Wien, Los Nr. 393; (1)
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (1979-2010);
Privatsammlung Leopold, Wien (2010-2023); (2)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (2023)

  1. Egon Schiele Datenbank der Autografen (ESDA), ID: 30
  2. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Rechnung Nr. 01-2023 vom 18.04.2023

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