Poem by Egon Schiele: The Portrait of the Silent Pale Girl
Leopold Museum, Vienna
ESDA ID
2
Nebehay 1979
163
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7405
Date
July 1910 (inferred from content)
Material/technique
Indelible ink on paper
Dimensions
29,9 x 19,1 cm
Transcription
[Translation:]
THE PORTRAIT OF THE SILENT PALE GIRL.
AN EFFUSION OF MY LOVE, – YES.
I LOVED EVERYTHING. THE GIRL CAME, –
I FOUND HER FACE,
HER UNCONCIOUS
HER WORKER’S HANDS,
I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT HER.
I HAD TO DEPICT HER,
BECAUSE OF HER GAZE AND HER CLOSENESS TO ME. –
NOW SHE IS GONE,
NOW I ENCOUNTER HER BODY.
ESchiele. 1910.
THE PORTRAIT OF THE SILENT PALE GIRL.
AN EFFUSION OF MY LOVE, – YES.
I LOVED EVERYTHING. THE GIRL CAME, –
I FOUND HER FACE,
HER UNCONCIOUS
HER WORKER’S HANDS,
I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT HER.
I HAD TO DEPICT HER,
BECAUSE OF HER GAZE AND HER CLOSENESS TO ME. –
NOW SHE IS GONE,
NOW I ENCOUNTER HER BODY.
ESchiele. 1910.
Provenance
Arthur Roessler, Wien
Max Wagner, Wien
1987: Privatbesitz, Wien (Ankauf Sotheby’s, London, Aukt. 26./27.11.1987, lot 195)
vor 2023: Privatsammlung
2023: Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung (Ankauf)
Provenienz lt. Nebehay 1979:
Verbleib unbekannt, als Quelle wird Roessler 1921, S. 22-23 angegeben.
Max Wagner, Wien
1987: Privatbesitz, Wien (Ankauf Sotheby’s, London, Aukt. 26./27.11.1987, lot 195)
vor 2023: Privatsammlung
2023: Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung (Ankauf)
Provenienz lt. Nebehay 1979:
Verbleib unbekannt, als Quelle wird Roessler 1921, S. 22-23 angegeben.
Recorded in
Roessler 1921, S. 21/22; Wiener Bibl. Ges. 1977, S. 21; Brandstätter 1985, S. 42; Leopold Museum 2008, S. 39
Owner
Author
Image credit
Leopold Museum, Vienna
PURL: https://www.egonschiele.at/2