ID 908353
Lot 430 | EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918)
Estimate value
£ 250 000 – 350 000
Weiblicher Akt (recto); Bildnis des Pianisten Roderick Mackey (verso)
signed and dated 'Egon Schiele 1913' (recto; lower right); with the Nachlass stamp (verso)
pencil on paper
12 3/8 x 18 7/8 in. (31.5 x 47.8 cm.)
Drawn in 1913
Provenance
(Probably) The artist's estate.
Melanie Schiele Schuster, the artist's sister, Vienna, by descent from the above, until at least 1948.
Wolfgang Gurlitt, Munich, until at least 1964.
Marlborough Fine Art, London.
Matthiesen Fine Art Ltd., London.
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York, by whom acquired from the above on 29 June 1979.
Matthiesen Fine Art Ltd., London.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above in the early 1980s; sale, Christie's, London, 5 February 2020, lot 3.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
O. Benesch, 'Egon Schiele 2: The Artist', in Studio International, vol. 168, no. 857, London, September 1964, p. 174 (verso illustrated).
J. Kallir, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, London, 1998, nos. 1291/1315 & 1407, pp. 499, 501 & 511 (recto illustrated p. 499; verso illustrated p. 511).
Exhibited
Vienna, Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Egon Schiele: Gedächtnisausstellung, Autumn 1948, no. 173, p. 30.
(Probably) Linz, Neue Galerie, Egon Schiele, March 1949, no. 144, p. 16 (verso).
(Probably) Turin, Galleria Galatea, Schiele, June - July 1963, no. 29 (titled 'Figura femminile sdraiata').
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Egon Schiele, Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings, October 1964, no. 105, p. 54.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Egon Schiele, February - May 1975, no. 188, p. 45 (verso illustrated).
Artist: | Egon Schiele (1890 - 1918) |
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Applied technique: | Pencil |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe, Europe |
Artist: | Egon Schiele (1890 - 1918) |
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Applied technique: | Pencil |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe, Europe |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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