Poem by Egon Schiele: A Self-Portrait
Leopold Museum, Vienna
ESDA ID
4
Nebehay 1979
158
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7406
Date
July 1910 (inferred from content)
Material/technique
Pencil on paper
Dimensions
30 x 19,2 cm
Transcription
[Translation:]
A SELF-PORTRAIT.
AN ETERNAL DREAMING FULL WITH THE SWEETEST
EXCESS OF LIFE – DISQUIETED, –
WITH UNEASY PAINS WITHIN, IN THE
SOUL. – BLAZES, BURNS, GROWS
FOR A FIGHT, – HEART SMITE.
BECAUSE OF AND INSANE ASTIR WITH
STIRRING DESIRE. – POWERLESS IS
THE AGONY OF THOUGHT, MEANINGLESS, TO
REACH THOUGHTS. – WERE THE LANGUAGE
OF THE CREATOR TO SPEAK AND
WERE THERE. – DEMONS! BREAK THE
VIOLENCE! –
YOUR LANGUAGE, – YOUR SIGNS, –
YOUR POWER.
Egon Schiele 1910.
A SELF-PORTRAIT.
AN ETERNAL DREAMING FULL WITH THE SWEETEST
EXCESS OF LIFE – DISQUIETED, –
WITH UNEASY PAINS WITHIN, IN THE
SOUL. – BLAZES, BURNS, GROWS
FOR A FIGHT, – HEART SMITE.
BECAUSE OF AND INSANE ASTIR WITH
STIRRING DESIRE. – POWERLESS IS
THE AGONY OF THOUGHT, MEANINGLESS, TO
REACH THOUGHTS. – WERE THE LANGUAGE
OF THE CREATOR TO SPEAK AND
WERE THERE. – DEMONS! BREAK THE
VIOLENCE! –
YOUR LANGUAGE, – YOUR SIGNS, –
YOUR POWER.
Egon Schiele 1910.
Provenance
Arthur Roessler, Wien
Max Wagner, Wien
1987: Privatbesitz, Wien (Ankauf Sotheby’s, London, Auktion 26./27.11.1987, lot 196
vor 2023: Privatsammlung
2023: Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung (Ankauf)
Lt. Nebehay 1979:
Verbleib unbekannt, als Quelle wird Roessler 1921, S. 20 angegeben.
Max Wagner, Wien
1987: Privatbesitz, Wien (Ankauf Sotheby’s, London, Auktion 26./27.11.1987, lot 196
vor 2023: Privatsammlung
2023: Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung (Ankauf)
Lt. Nebehay 1979:
Verbleib unbekannt, als Quelle wird Roessler 1921, S. 20 angegeben.
Recorded in
Roessler 1921, S. 20; Wiener Bibl. Ges. 1977, S. 17; Brandstätter 1985, S: 44; Werth 2006, S. 368; Leopold Museum 2008, S. 31; Leopold 2009, S. 13
Owner
Author
Image credit
Leopold Museum, Vienna
Linked objects
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PURL: https://www.egonschiele.at/4