ID 1064357
Lot 1 | EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918)
Estimate value
$ 1 000 000 – 2 000 000
Selbstbildnis
signed with initial and dated 'S. 1910.' (center right) and signed with initial again 'S' (lower left); with Nachlass stamp (on the reverse)
watercolor and black crayon on paper
17 ¼ x 12 in. (43.7 x 30.4 cm.)
Executed in 1910
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Franz Friedrich "Fritz" Grünbaum, Vienna (from whom spoliated after March 1938).
Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern (1956).
Viktor Fogarassy, Graz.
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Vienna.
Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London.
Lester and Joan Avnet, New York.
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York.
Fred Ebb, New York (acquired from the above, circa 1966).
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York (bequest from the above, 2005).
Restituted to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum (2023).
Literature
J. Kallir, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, New York, 1998, p. 425, no. 686 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Bern, Gutekunst & Klipstein, Egon Schiele: Bilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, September-October 1956, p. 17, no. 4 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Egon Schiele: Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, October 1964, pp. 41 and 45, no. 32 (illustrated, p. 45).
New York, La Boetie Gallery, Egon Schiele and His Circle, May-June 1971 (illustrated, pl. 1).
| Applied technique: | Crayon, Watercolor on paper |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe, Europe |
| Applied technique: | Crayon, Watercolor on paper |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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