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Letter from Egon Schiele to Carl Reininghaus, 8th Jun. 1913

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Ink on paper
22.6×17.7 cm

Artists

  • Egon Schiele

    (Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)

  • Carl Reininghaus

    (Graz 1857–1929 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Translation of the Transcription:

8th June 1913.

Dear Mr. Reininghaus! I believe I forgot to thank you for your package in my previous letter; please disregard this and accept my thanks now. – I worked a lot on the Conversion, I removed the figure on the right with Osen’s traits but added a new one on the left side of the picture, which reveals the gesture of a clairvoyant who has experienced and realized a religious epiphany. – The preaching divine human in the center of the picture is now dominant. So, will you come to me on [crossed out: Wednesday or Thursday] Tuesday or Wednesday of this week? I would be delighted.
I am sending you my warmest regards.
Egon Schiele.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Sender: Egon Schiele
  • Recipient: Carl Reininghaus
Title
Letter from Egon Schiele to Carl Reininghaus
Date
8th Jun. 1913
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
Ink on paper
Dimensions
22.6×17.7 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7820
Inventory access
Accession 2023
Catalogue raisonne
  • ESDA ID 64
Keywords
Egon Schiele
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Provenance

Provenance research
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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