
Vienna
Poem/Letter “Where Did You Learn About That” by Egon Schiele to Margarete Partonek
31st Mar. 1906
(Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)
Translation of the Transcription:
Where did you learn about that?
That is still not clear to me;
Indeed I know many a maiden here
Yet for that, I cannot help it.
Once this was the joy of youth
And this did me much harm,
This young lady is of fair hair,
She has a pair of brown eyes.
But long forgotten is the time
Of much jealousy and quarrel;
Now I thank God, the noble shelter
For this redemption, my word of honor.
Much more I could write to that effect;
I only ask not to show this,
No doubt, you must know the lady,
Who wrote on the card
“L. B.” [?]
SCHIELE.
March 31, 1906.
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Margarete Partonek, Neu-Ofen (ab 1906);
Familie Partonek, Salnau (o.D.);
Auktion: 12.02.1959, Dorotheum, Wien, Los Nr. 318; (1)
Auktion: 29.11.2007, Galerie Auktionshaus Hassfurther, Wien, Biedermeier - Klassische Moderne, Los Nr. 24; (2)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 2007)
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