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Letter from Egon Schiele to Karl Ernst Osthaus, 1st Aug. 1912

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Black ink on paper
20.3×15 cm

Artists

  • Egon Schiele

    (Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)

  • Karl Ernst Osthaus

    (Hagen 1874–1921 Merano)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Translation of the Transcription:

August 1, 1912.

Dear Mr. Osthaus,
[I] don’t have a figurative painting ready, so I am sending you the “Dead City” and, in addition, 6 of my most recent drawings. I would very much like to see the Sonderbund exhibition and I ask you to send me another 200 MK [marks] for the painting; the sheets I offer for 30 MK [marks] per piece – Should you not like the painting, you can always exchange it with another when you visit me in Vienna. Best regards your

Egon Schiele Vienna
IX. Höfergasse 18.

VG, 2022

Object data

Artist/author
  • Sender: Egon Schiele
  • Recipient: Karl Ernst Osthaus
Title
Letter from Egon Schiele to Karl Ernst Osthaus
Date
1st Aug. 1912
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
Black ink on paper
Dimensions
20.3×15 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 5379
Inventory access
Accession 1997
Selection of Reference works
  • Christian M. Nebehay: Egon Schiele 1890-1918. Leben, Briefe, Gedichte, Salzburg 1979.
Catalogue raisonne
  • ESDA ID 160
  • Nebehay 1979: 391
Keywords
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Egon Schiele
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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Karl Ernst Osthaus, Hagen (bis 1921);
Erb*innen nach Karl Ernst Osthaus (1921 bis vermutlich 1997);
Auktion: 26.11.1997, Antiquariat J. A. Stargardt, Berlin, Autographen aus allen Gebieten, Los Nr. 707; (1)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (1997); (2)

  1. Antiquariat J. A. Stargardt, Autographen aus allen Gebieten. Katalog 667, Berlin 1997, S. 241-243
  2. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Rechnung vom 26.11.1997

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