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Letter from Egon Schiele to Richard Lányi, after 14th Jul. 1918

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Ink, print on paper
21.9×16.1 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:

[Letterhead:] EGON SCHIELE VIENNA XIII HIETZINGER HAUPTSTRASSE 101 [Address crossed out and corrected:] Wattmanngasse 6

Dear Mr. Lanyi! – herewith I send you the letter sent to me by Mr. Gmür for you to look at. – Mr. Gmür became the owner of my painting Sunflowers (Autumn Sun) in 1914; – I neither knew who the buyer of my painting was nor did I know anything about it when I sold it to you. – Would you be good enough to send me this picture or to keep it ready for collection, and I will credit you the price of the picture against any future purchase of my work. Please return me the letter (Gmür) and let me know your decision, which I assure will be favorable, through the bearer of this letter.

Best wishes,
Egon Schiele

Object data

Artist/author
  • Sender: Egon Schiele
  • Recipient: Richard Lányi
Title
Letter from Egon Schiele to Richard Lányi
Date
after 14th Jul. 1918
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
Ink, print on paper
Dimensions
21.9×16.1 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7854
Inventory access
Accession 2023
Catalogue raisonne
  • ESDA ID 106
Keywords
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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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