Poem/Letter by Egon Schiele to Margarete Partonek
Leopold Museum, Vienna
ESDA ID
1895
Nebehay 1979
Nicht gelistet/Not listed
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 5360
Date
31st March 1906 (handwritten)
Material/technique
Red ink on paper
Dimensions
19,6 x 14,2 cm
Transcription
[Translation:]
Where did you learn about that?
That is still not clear to me;
Indeed I know many a maiden here
Yet for that, I cannot help it.
Once this was the joy of youth
And this did me much harm,
This young lady is of fair hair,
She has a pair of brown eyes.
But long forgotten is the time
Of much jealousy and quarrel;
Now I thank God, the noble shelter
For this redemption, my word of honor.
Much more I could write to that effect;
I only ask not to show this,
No doubt, you must know the lady,
Who wrote on the card
“L. B.” [?]
SCHIELE.
31st March 1906.
Where did you learn about that?
That is still not clear to me;
Indeed I know many a maiden here
Yet for that, I cannot help it.
Once this was the joy of youth
And this did me much harm,
This young lady is of fair hair,
She has a pair of brown eyes.
But long forgotten is the time
Of much jealousy and quarrel;
Now I thank God, the noble shelter
For this redemption, my word of honor.
Much more I could write to that effect;
I only ask not to show this,
No doubt, you must know the lady,
Who wrote on the card
“L. B.” [?]
SCHIELE.
31st March 1906.
Provenance
Gretel Partonek, Neu-Ofen
Familie Partonek, Salnau
1959: Dorotheum, Wien, Aukt. 12.02.1959, Lot 318
2007: Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (Ankauf Galerie Hassfurther, Wien, Aukt. 29.11.2007, Kat. 24, S. 46-47)
Familie Partonek, Salnau
1959: Dorotheum, Wien, Aukt. 12.02.1959, Lot 318
2007: Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (Ankauf Galerie Hassfurther, Wien, Aukt. 29.11.2007, Kat. 24, S. 46-47)
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Image credit
Leopold Museum, Vienna
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