Poem by Egon Schiele: Approaching Thunderstorm
Scan from: Bauer 2015, p. 8
ESDA ID
1198
Nebehay 1979
652 d
Credit line
Private Collection
Date
July 1910 (inferred from content)
Material/technique
Indelible ink on paper
Dimensions
30 x 19 cm
Transcription
[Translation:]
APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM.
ALL AROUND, BLACK CLOUDS OF DREARY WEATHER
ROLLED HIGH EVERYWHERE; WARNING FORRESTS OF WATER,
SCRAWNY HUTS AND
HUMMING TREES;
I WALKED AGAINST THE BLACK BROOK,
BIRDS, LIKE PALE LEAVES
IN THE WIND.
Egon Schiele 1910.
APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM.
ALL AROUND, BLACK CLOUDS OF DREARY WEATHER
ROLLED HIGH EVERYWHERE; WARNING FORRESTS OF WATER,
SCRAWNY HUTS AND
HUMMING TREES;
I WALKED AGAINST THE BLACK BROOK,
BIRDS, LIKE PALE LEAVES
IN THE WIND.
Egon Schiele 1910.
Recorded in
Pfemfert 1914, 4/11, S. 135; Roessler 1921, S. 22; Wiener Bibl. Ges. 1977, S. 39; Brandstätter 1985, S. 28; Breicha/Fritsch 1964, S. 147
Image credit
Scan from: Bauer 2015, p. 8
Bibliography
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Schiele 1914Egon Schiele: “Aus einem Skizzenbuch. Ein Maler gibt diese Skizzen”, in: Die Aktion. Wochenschrift für Politik, Literatur und Kunst, year 4, no. 11, 14th March 1914, col. 134–136 [poems by Egon Schiele: “Dame im Park”, “Zwei Kleriker”, “Landstrasse”, “Gewitteranzug”, “Musik beim Ertrinken”]
PURL: https://www.egonschiele.at/1198