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Postcard from Egon Schiele and Edith Harms in Vienna to Anton Peschka in Gablonz, 20th May 1915

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Leopold Museum,
Vienna
recto: Print on paper, verso: Green ink, pencil on paper
8.9×14 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:

The warmest greetings to you
from Egon
Edith Harms
at the moment we are sitting at Café Wunderer and waiting for the decision from Italy. – Those pigs – most of the blame goes to Marinetti and the rest of the Futurists. 1915, May 20.

[Address block:]
To Mr.
Anton Peschka
One-year volunteer department of the Infantry Regiment 42.
Officer’s school.
Gablonz.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Sender: Egon Schiele
  • Recipient: Anton Peschka
Title
Postcard from Egon Schiele and Edith Harms in Vienna to Anton Peschka in Gablonz
Date
20th May 1915
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
recto: Print on paper, verso: Green ink, pencil on paper
Dimensions
8.9×14 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 4514
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 157
  • Nebehay 1979: 778
Keywords
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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