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(from Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass).



Egon Schiele – Self Portrait as Pierrot
Tomorrow night I will be performing Arnold Schoenberg’s graphic cabaret masterpiece Pierrot Lunaire at the Englert Theatre in Iowa City. The show closes this year’s edition of MusicIC, a festival devoted to exploring connections between music and literature.
In addition to his literary and theatrical pedigree the commedia dell’arte Pierrot character has a significant place in the history of art. Schoenberg’s Viennese contemporary Egon Schiele created this tortured vision of the harlequin in 1914, shortly after the first performances of Pierrot Lunaire.
(via galerie-martin)
For HBBO, Schiele’s “Pierrot after Jet Lag” (will be my own self portrait by the end of this week).
Egon Schiele – Self Portrait as Pierrot
Oh, Schiele. I love you.