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Letter from Egon Schiele to Franz Hauer, 5th Jun. 1913

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Black ink on paper
22.5×16.7 cm

Artists

  • Egon Schiele

    (Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)

  • Franz Hauer

    (Weißenkirchen in the Wachau valley 1867–1914 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Transcription:

June 5, 1913
Dear Mr. Hauer,
I will write to you, once the second Stein painting is finished; now I ask you to inform me whether you definitely want to purchase the picture with the boxes, because Mr. Reininghaus has already purchased a big one from the new ones and informed me that he also wants the one with the boxes [presumably referring to “Resurrection” (Graves), 1913, K P251]. – I speak from the heart when I ask you that you should speak freely in regard to the price of the picture, where I intended 1500 K [Kronen], whether this is perhaps too high for you. Believe me, if you take genuine delight in the picture, I do not want take the joy away from you by a price that might not suit you. – Please write to me frankly and immediately. – But I want to suggest you that you should have this picture in any case, as it is characteristic of my work and I would be happy to see it in your gallery. With warmest greetings
Egon Schiele.

Envelope:
To Mr. Franz Hauer
Vienna XIX. Silbergasse 40.
Egon Schiele
Vienna XIII
Hauptstr. 101.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Sender: Egon Schiele
  • Recipient: Franz Hauer
Title
Letter from Egon Schiele to Franz Hauer
Date
5th Jun. 1913
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
Black ink on paper
Dimensions
22.5×16.7 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 5431
Inventory access
Accession 2010
Catalogue raisonne
  • ESDA ID 1907
  • Nebehay 1979: Nicht gelistet/Not listed
Keywords
Egon Schiele
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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Franz Hauer, Wien (1913-1914);
Leopold Hauer, Lengenfeld NÖ (1914-1984);
Christa Hauer-Fruhmann, Lengenfeld NÖ (1984-2009);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 2009); (1)

  1. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Schenkung vom 20.01.2009

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