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EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918)

Lot 11
09.11.2023 18:30UTC -05:00
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ID 1064381
Lot 11 | EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918)
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EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918)

Stehende Frau (Dirne)

signed and dated 'EGON SCHIELE 1912.' (lower right)

gouache and watercolor over pencil on paper

18 7⁄8 x 12 3⁄8 in. (48 x 31.3 cm.)

Executed in 1912





Provenance

Franz Friedrich "Fritz" Grünbaum, Vienna (by 1925, from whom spoliated after March 1938).

Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern (1956).

Galerie St. Etienne, New York (acquired from the above, September 1956).

The Museum of Modern Art, New York (acquired from the above, 1957).

Restituted to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum (2023).



Literature

"1957 Acquisitions" in The Museum of Modern Art Bulletin, July 1958, pp. 4 and 23 (illustrated, p. 23).

M. Arnold, Egon Schiele: Leben und Werk, Stuttgart, 1984, p. 65 (illustrated).

J. Kallir, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, New York, 1998, p. 468, no. 1045 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Vienna, Kunsthandlung Würthle, Egon Schiele, December 1925-January 1926, no. 73.

Bern, Gutekunst & Klipstein, Egon Schiele: Bilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, September-October 1956, p. 22, no. 23 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).

New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Egon Schiele: Watercolors and Drawings, January-February 1957, no. 10 (illustrated).

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Recent Acquisitions, November 1957-January 1958.

Des Moines Art Center; Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts and The Art Institute of Chicago, Egon Schiele and the Human Form: Drawings and Watercolors, September 1971-February 1972, no. 26 (illustrated).

New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, November-December 1980, pp. 91-92, no. 33 (illustrated, pl. 32).

Vienna, Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Otto Kallir-Nirenstein: Ein Wegbereiter Österreichischer Kunst, February-April 1986, pp. 74-75, no. 165 (illustrated, p. 75).
Applied technique:Watercolor on paper
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Austria, Western Europe, Europe
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