Egon Schiele | Untitled (Liegender Akt mit erhobenen Beinen)
SCHIELE, EGON
1890 Tulln - 1918 Vienna
Title: Untitled (Liegender Akt mit erhobenen Beinen).
Date: 1912.
Technique: Graphite on chamois-coloured Similijapan.
Measurement: 46,5 x 31,5cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower right: EGON SCHIELE 1912.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.
Provenance:
- Galerie St. Etienne, New York
- Viktor Gruen, New York
- Private collection Germany
Literature:
- Kallir, Jane: Egon Schiele - The Complete Works, New York 1998 (2nd ed.), cat. rais. no. 1010, ill.
- In his short life Egon Schiele created a groundbreaking oeuvre and had a lasting influence on generations of artists
- His drawings of women are internationally celebrated as one of the most powerful representations of the human figure in the 20th century
- The drawing is characterised by delicacy and erotic intensity, which is characteristic for Schiele's art.
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SCHIELE, EGON
1890 Tulln - 1918 Vienna
Title: Untitled (Liegender Akt mit erhobenen Beinen).
Date: 1912.
Technique: Graphite on chamois-coloured Similijapan.
Measurement: 46,5 x 31,5cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower right: EGON SCHIELE 1912.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.
Provenance:
- Galerie St. Etienne, New York
- Viktor Gruen, New York
- Private collection Germany
Literature:
- Kallir, Jane: Egon Schiele - The Complete Works, New York 1998 (2nd ed.), cat. rais. no. 1010, ill.
- In his short life Egon Schiele created a groundbreaking oeuvre and had a lasting influence on generations of artists
- His drawings of women are internationally celebrated as one of the most powerful representations of the human figure in the 20th century
- The drawing is characterised by delicacy and erotic intensity, which is characteristic for Schiele's art.