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Letter from Egon Schiele to Marie Schiele, 22nd Dec. 1912

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Ink on paper
22.8×14.5 cm

Artists

  • Marie Schiele

    (Krumau 1862–1935 Vienna)

  • Egon Schiele

    (Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Translation of the Transcription:

Dear Mother! It is simply splendid here, I arrived yesterday at 11:15 am and was collected with a grand vehicle. The spirit factory Györ is huge, and includes three towing tracks, its own carriages and locomotives, in short: very large indeed. – In keeping with this, the apartment building is furnished entirely by the Wiener Werkstätte. The people are very elegant and are treating me very kindly, perhaps I will paint all of them over time, we went to the theater and on other excursions. The city is almost as big as Linz. – The equipage is always at the ready. The servants wear gray with silver buttons.
Best regards, Egon.

[envelope:]
Mrs. Marie Schiele
Vienna IX. Schlagerstraße 5.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Recipient: Marie Schiele
  • Sender: Egon Schiele
Title
Letter from Egon Schiele to Marie Schiele
Date
22nd Dec. 1912
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
Ink on paper
Dimensions
22.8×14.5 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7870 01
Inventory access
Accession 2023
Catalogue raisonne
  • ESDA ID 130
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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