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EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918)

Lot 5
09.11.2023 18:30UTC -05:00
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ID 1064376
Lot 5 | EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918)
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EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918)

Ich liebe Gegensätze

signed, dated and titled 'EGON SCHIELE 24.IV.12. M. ICH LIEBE GEGENSÄTZE' (lower right)

gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper

18 7⁄8 x 12 ½ in. (47.9 x 31.5 cm.)

Executed on 24 April 1912





Provenance

Franz Friedrich "Fritz" Grünbaum, Vienna (by 1928, from whom spoliated after March 1938).

Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern (1956).

Erich Lederer, Geneva (by 1963, until at least 1985).

Anon. sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 17 June 1987, lot 170.

Serge Sabarsky Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale).

The Woodbridge Company, Toronto.

Private collection, New York (acquired from the above, 1 December 1991).

Restituted to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum (2023).



Literature

A. Comini, "Egon Schiele in Prison" in Albertina-Studien, vol. 2, no. 4, 1964, p. 131, no. 10 (illustrated).

A. Comini, Schiele in Prison, Greenwich, 1973, pp. 93 and 110 (illustrated, p. 93, fig. 35; illustrated on the cover).

A. Comini, Egon Schiele's Portraits, Berkeley, 1974 (illustrated in color, fig. 90).

C.M. Nebehay, Egon Schiele: Leben, Briefe, Gedichte, Salzburg and Vienna, 1979, p. 210 (illustrated, fig. 89).

G. Malafarina, L'opera di Egon Schiele, Milan, 1982, p. 73 (illustrated).

C.M. Nebehay, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele und die Familie Lederer, Bern, 1987, p. 65 (illustrated in color; titled Selbstporträt im Gefängnis).

W. Hofmann, "Egon Schiele: Alles ist lebend tot" in Art: Das Kunstmagazin, October 1987, p. 48.

J. Kallir, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, New York, 1998, pp. 127 and 485, no. 1187 (illustrated, p. 485; illustrated in color, p. 126, pl. 38).



Exhibited

Bern, Gutekunst & Klipstein, Egon Schiele: Bilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, September-October 1956, no. 19 (illustrated; titled Selbstbildnis im Gefängnis and with incorrect dimensions).

St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum, Dichtende maler, malende dichter, August-October 1957, no. 684.

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Art Autrichien du vingtième siècle, April-May 1961, no. 187 (titled Portrait de l'artiste en prison).

Darmstadt, Mathildenhöhe, Zeugnisse der Angst in der modernen Kunst, June-September 1963, p. 132 (illustrated in color).

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Egon Schiele: Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, October 1964, pp. 42 and 49, no. 56 (illustrated, p. 49; titled I Love Contrasts (Self Portrait in Prison)).

Kunsthalle Hamburg, Experiment Weltuntergang: Wien um 1900, April-May 1981, p. 183, no. 198 (illustrated, p. 182; titled Selbstbildnis aus dem Gefängnis).

New York, Neue Galerie, Egon Schiele: The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky Collections, October 2005-February 2006, pp. 262 and 412-413, no. 95 (illustrated in color, p. 262).
Applied technique:Watercolor on paper
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Austria, Western Europe, Europe
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