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Letter from Egon Schiele to Bertold König, 21st Sept. 1915

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Ink on paper
22.7×17.6 cm

Artists

  • Egon Schiele

    (Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)

  • Bertold König
Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Translation of the Transcription:

21st September 1915

Dear Professor!
I am enclosing 5 “black” and 5 “colored” drawings, the former for 30 c. [crowns] each, the latter for 50 c. each – many of my works are circulating in exhibitions, some of them at the Arnot Gallery, Vienna I, Kärntnerring 15. I currently have a larger collection of paintings and am enclosing a reproduction of one of the exhibited works.
The smaller painting is sized 140 x 120 cm – the figures are life-sized and it is priced at 800 c. – I have this painting in my keeping.

The larger painting is sized 180 x 150 cm, the figures are also life-sized and it is priced at 1500 c. The latter is exhibited at the Arnot Gallery. – Please return the photos to me.
Respectfully,

Egon Schiele
Vienna XIII
Hietzinger-Hauptstraße 101.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Sender: Egon Schiele
  • Recipient: Bertold König
Title
Letter from Egon Schiele to Bertold König
Date
21st Sept. 1915
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
Ink on paper
Dimensions
22.7×17.6 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7845 01
Inventory access
Accession 2023
Catalogue raisonne
  • ESDA ID 95
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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