Postcard from Egon Schiele to Arthur Roessler

Wienbibliothek im Rathaus, Manuscript Collection

ESDA ID

599

Nebehay 1979

489

Credit line

Wienbibliothek im Rathaus, Manuscript Collection, Inv. H.I.N. 180589

Place

Vienna

Date

11th April 1913 (postmark)

Material/technique

Pencil on paper

Dimensions

14 x 8,9 cm

Transcription

[Translation:]

Dear A. R-r. The Budapest matter [1] has been reversed, “because of the percentages”!!
Perhaps there is someone who will pay me 400 K. [crowns] for this [painting]. Warm greetings,
EGON
SCHIELE.

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EGON SCHIELE Hietzinger Hauptstraße 101
VIENNA XIII

[Address block:]
Art writer
Arthur Rößler
Vienna XIX.
Billrothstraße 6.

Annotations

[1] See ESDA ID 595: during the exhibition Bund österreichischer Künstler és Gustav Klimt. Gyűjteményes Kiállítása (Művészház, Budapest, 8th March–6th April 1913) an offer was made for the painting City in Twilight (The Small City II) (1913, K P260).

Provenance

Arthur Roessler, Wien
1956, 1963, 1969: Wienbibliothek im Rathaus, Wien (Nachlass)

Recorded in

Glück 1969, S. 217, Nr. 42. Abschrift: Albertina, Wien, ESA 520.

Owner

Wienbibliothek im Rathaus

Author

Egon Schiele

Recipient

Arthur Roessler

Mentioned institution

Bund österreichischer Künstler Művészház