Poem by Egon Schiele: Country Road
Leopold Museum, Vienna
ESDA ID
138
Nebehay 1979
652 c
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 4494
Date
July 1910 (inferred from content)
Material/technique
Indelible ink on paper
Dimensions
30 x 19 cm
Transcription
[Translation:]
COUNTRY ROAD.
THE HIGH TREES ALL WALKED
ALONG THE ROAD, QUIVERY BIRDS
CHIRPING AMONG THEM. – WITH LARGE
STEPS AND RED MEAN-EYES
I TRAVERSED THE WET ROADS.
Egon Schiele 1910.
COUNTRY ROAD.
THE HIGH TREES ALL WALKED
ALONG THE ROAD, QUIVERY BIRDS
CHIRPING AMONG THEM. – WITH LARGE
STEPS AND RED MEAN-EYES
I TRAVERSED THE WET ROADS.
Egon Schiele 1910.
Provenance
Arthur Roessler, Wien
Max Wagner, Wien
1987: Privatbesitz (Ankauf Sotheby’s, London, Auktion 26./27.11.1987, lot 199)
1994: Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (Stiftung)
Max Wagner, Wien
1987: Privatbesitz (Ankauf Sotheby’s, London, Auktion 26./27.11.1987, lot 199)
1994: Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (Stiftung)
Recorded in
Pfemfert 1914, 4/11, S. 135; Roessler 1921, S. 24; Wiener Bibl. Ges. 1977, S. 39; Brandstätter 1985, S. 34; Werth 2006, S. 369; Leopold Museum 2008, S. 23; Breicha/Fritsch 1964, S. 147
Owner
Image credit
Leopold Museum, Vienna
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/138