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Letter from Eduard Wimmer-Wisgrill to Egon Schiele, 19th Aug. 1915

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Ink on paper
16.8×15.3 cm

Artists

  • Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill

    (Vienna 1882–1961 Vienna)

  • Egon Schiele

    (Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Transcription:

Baden, Hotel Sacher 19th Aug. [19]15

Dear Mr. Schiele!

I would be very much delighted
to show our dresses to
you and your ladies, even though
I don’t know if you will like them
this time. In keeping with the
seriousness and constraints of
our present times, we are no longer
decorative at all! Well, you
have been warned. Should you
be undeterred, I kindly ask

that you write to let me
know you are coming a few
days in advance.
Hoping to see you soon, then!
Yours,
Wimmer

Object data

Artist/author
  • Sender: Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill
  • Recipient: Egon Schiele
Title
Letter from Eduard Wimmer-Wisgrill to Egon Schiele
Date
19th Aug. 1915
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
Ink on paper
Dimensions
16.8×15.3 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 8043
Inventory access
Accession 2023
Catalogue raisonne
  • ESDA ID 3004
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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