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EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918)

Lot 48
09.11.2023 18:30UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 1 500 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1064370
Lot 48 | EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918)
Estimate value
$ 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918)

Drei Mädchen

signed and dated 'EGON SCHIELE 1911.' (upper left)

watercolor and pencil on paper

18 1⁄8 x 12 ¼ in. (46 x 31 cm.)

Executed in 1911





Provenance

Dr. Heinrich Rieger, Vienna (by 1925); sold under duress following the Nazi Anschluss in March 1938.

Wolfgang Gurlitt, Munich (probably by 1950).

Galleria Galatea, Turin (by 1963).

Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London.

Odyssia Gallery, New York (by 1968).

Serge Sabarsky Collection, New York (acquired from the above, 3 April 1973).

Private collection, New York (acquired from the above, circa 1977-1978, then by descent to the present owner).



The present work is being offered for sale pursuant to a settlement agreement between the current owner and the heirs of Dr. Heinrich Rieger. This settlement agreement resolves the dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the successful bidder.



Literature

W. Hofmann, "L'Espressionismo in Austria" in L'Arte Moderna, vol. 3, no. 20, 1967, p. 79 (illustrated; detail illustrated in color on the cover; titled Tre bagnanti; with inverted dimensions).

J. Kallir, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, New York, 1990, p. 448, no. 887 (illustrated, p. 449).



Exhibited

Vienna, Kunsthandlung Würthle, Egon Schiele, December 1925-January 1926, no. 54 (titled Drei Frauen).

(probably) Salzburg, Künstlerhaus, Egon Schiele, 1950, no. 37.

Munich, Galerie Wolfgang Gurlitt, Egon Schiele, February-March 1957, no. 39.

Heidelberger Kunstverein, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, February-March 1962, no. 54.

Turin, Galleria Galatea, Schiele, June-July 1963, no. 14 (illustrated in color; titled Tre bagnanti; with inverted dimensions).

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Egon Schiele: Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, October 1964, p. 42, no. 48.

New York, Odyssia Gallery, Selection, October 1968 (illustrated; with inverted dimensions).

New York, Odyssia Gallery, Drawings and Watercolors, summer 1969 (illustrated).
Applied technique:Pencil, Watercolor on paper
Medium:Acrylic glass, Plastic
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Nude art
Place of origin:Austria, Western Europe, Europe
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