Letter from Egon Schiele to Gertrude Schiele
Leopold Museum, Vienna
ESDA ID
109
Nebehay 1979
714
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7458
Date
23rd Nov. 1914 (handwritten)
Material/technique
Black ink on paper
Dimensions
17,4 x 11 cm (page)
Transcription
[Translation:]
23rd November 1914.
Dear Gerti,
We are living in the most violent time that the world has ever seen – We have grown accustomed to all the hardship – hundreds of thousands of people are going down miserably – we each have to suffer our fate living or dying – we have become hard and fearless. – Everything before 1914 belongs to another world, – thus, we will always be looking to the future, – those who are hopeless belong to the dying, – we must be ready to bear anything that life brings us.
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And just like the sun comes out after a storm, we too will see the sun.
I wish this bliss to you as your brother
Egon Schiele
23rd November 1914.
Dear Gerti,
We are living in the most violent time that the world has ever seen – We have grown accustomed to all the hardship – hundreds of thousands of people are going down miserably – we each have to suffer our fate living or dying – we have become hard and fearless. – Everything before 1914 belongs to another world, – thus, we will always be looking to the future, – those who are hopeless belong to the dying, – we must be ready to bear anything that life brings us.
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And just like the sun comes out after a storm, we too will see the sun.
I wish this bliss to you as your brother
Egon Schiele
Annotations
This letter refers to the wedding of Gertrude Schiele and Anton Peschka on 24th November 1914.
Provenance
Provenienz lt. Nebehay 1979:
Verbleib unbekannt, als Quelle wird Roessler 1921, S. 39 angegeben.
vor 2023: Privatsammlung
2023: Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung (Ankauf)
Verbleib unbekannt, als Quelle wird Roessler 1921, S. 39 angegeben.
vor 2023: Privatsammlung
2023: Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung (Ankauf)
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Roessler 1921, S. 39
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Leopold Museum, Vienna
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