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Letter from Egon Schiele to Anton Peschka, 3rd Oct. 1916

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Pencil on paper
29.8×18.9 cm

Artists

  • Egon Schiele

    (Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)

  • Anton Peschka

    (Vienna 1885–1940 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Translation of the Transcription:

October 3, 1916.

Dear A. P. [Anton Peschka],
Thanks for your card from the 23rd IX. I thought you were still in Bohemia. On the 14th IX. I was examined again and remained the same. I pulled out all the stops, as I have the best chances to be used as a painter. [I] believe something will come of it and hope to be able to write about it next time. How are you? When I was in Vienna on leave, Switzerland invited me personally to exhibit at the Kunsthaus in Zurich and I am at liberty to choose other artists according to my assessment. I am thinking of a Neukunst exhibition of the Viennese artists in Zurich, and Klimt, Kokoschka, Gütersloh, Harta, Faistauer, Böhler, Fischer, Jungnickel confirmed my invitation. I don’t know yet what will come of it. –
Meanwhile warm greetings
EGON
SCHIELE
1916

[Envelope:]
To Lieutenant
Anton Peschka
Field Post 19/II
Infantry Regiment 42. II/XXIV March

Egon Schiele Vienna XIII. Hietzinger-Hauptstrasse 101.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Sender: Egon Schiele
  • Recipient: Anton Peschka
Title
Letter from Egon Schiele to Anton Peschka
Date
3rd Oct. 1916
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
Pencil on paper
Dimensions
29.8×18.9 cm
Signature
Signed and dated: EGON SCHIELE 1916
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 4503
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Selection of Reference works
  • Christian M. Nebehay: Egon Schiele 1890-1918. Leben, Briefe, Gedichte, Salzburg 1979.
Catalogue raisonne
  • ESDA ID 147
  • Nebehay 1979: 1114
Keywords
World War INeukunstgruppeautographViennaGustav KlimtAlbert Paris von GüterslohAnton FaistauerLudwig Heinrich JungnickelOskar KokoschkaHans Böhlerletter/envelopepaperFelix Albrecht Harta
Egon Schiele
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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (o.D.);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 1994).

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World War INeukunstgruppeautographViennaGustav KlimtAlbert Paris von GüterslohAnton FaistauerLudwig Heinrich JungnickelOskar KokoschkaHans Böhlerletter/envelopepaperFelix Albrecht Harta