Diary entry made by Edith Schiele
Courtesy Kallir Research Institute, New York
ESDA ID
3494
Nebehay 1979
Nicht gelistet/Not listed
Credit line
Courtesy Kallir Research Institute, New York
Place
Vienna
Date
1st Jan. 1916 (handwritten)
Material/technique
Ink on paper
Dimensions
24 x 19,5 cm
Transcription
[Translation:]
1916.
January 1, 1916
May the new year give us
back the calm that this
wretched war has taken from us.
If we find the strength
to see through this year, then –
I have this feeling – we will
be able to withstand anything
that should happen to us in life.
1916.
January 1, 1916
May the new year give us
back the calm that this
wretched war has taken from us.
If we find the strength
to see through this year, then –
I have this feeling – we will
be able to withstand anything
that should happen to us in life.
Recorded in
Vollständige Transkription abgedruckt in:
Edith Schiele: „Das Tagebuch. ‚Ich werde dieses Buch nicht Tagebuch heißen, – sondern Trostbuch‘“, in: Zeiten des Umbruchs. Egon Schieles letzte Jahre 1914–1918, hrsg. von Kerstin Jesse/Jane Kallir/Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Wien 2025, S. 50–77 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, 28.03.–13.07.2025).
Edith Schiele: „Das Tagebuch. ‚Ich werde dieses Buch nicht Tagebuch heißen, – sondern Trostbuch‘“, in: Zeiten des Umbruchs. Egon Schieles letzte Jahre 1914–1918, hrsg. von Kerstin Jesse/Jane Kallir/Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Wien 2025, S. 50–77 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, 28.03.–13.07.2025).
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Image credit
Courtesy Kallir Research Institute, New York
Linked objects
PURL: https://www.egonschiele.at/3494