Egon Schiele (1890-1918), Liegender Akt mit gehobenem Bein

Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
Liegender Akt mit gehobenem Bein
black Conté crayon on paper
11 1/4 x 17 3/4 in. (28.6 x 45 cm.)
Drawn in 1918

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Provenance
Alan Pryce-Jones, New York.
Galerie St. Etienne, New York, by whom acquired from the above in 1968.
Galleria Odyssia, New York, by whom acquired from the above in 1968, until at least 1972.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 15 May 1985, lot 169.
Acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, New York, 14 May 2015, lot 43c.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EAST COAST COLLECTOR

Literature
J. Kallir, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, New York, 1998, no. 2249, p. 612 (illustrated).

Exhibited
New York, Galleria Odyssia, Drawings and Watercolors, Summer 1969, n.p. (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
Des Moines, Des Moines Art Center, Egon Schiele and the Human Form: Drawings and Watercolors, September - October 1971, no. 62, n.p. (illustrated n.p.); this exhibition later travelled to Columbus, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, November - December 1971; and Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, January - February 1972.