1896

Nicht gelistet/Not listed

Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 5361

1st April 1906 (handwritten)

Red ink on paper

19,6 x 14,5 cm

[Translation:]

MY LOVE

And even if I should not love you yet,
Look at my eyes,
Written inside them,
Is that it’s not a short-lived craze.

And even if you should not believe me yet,
That I began to love you,
So look at my lips – –;
They will rob you of many a kiss.

And even if you won’t have them,
Stolen they would not be;
Only lovers who are fond of each other,
Kiss each other all alone.

And if I cannot have you yet
I send you countless heartfelt greetings;
And also send to you, on lips and cheeks,
Many a thousand sugar-sweet kisses.

Once this writing, in red ink
Has reached you on this day,
Remember that there are only two,
To whom I once gave something written.

S. Egon.
1st April 1906

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Dearest Miss!
I would be very pleased, if you could write something back [and]
send it through you dear brother.
With a hearty kiss

E. S

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)

Leopold Museum, Vienna