Egon Schiele
(Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)
Two women, signed and dated EGON SCHIELE 1918, black crayon on paper, 29.5 x 46 cm
Listed and illustrated in:
Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele. The complete works, New York 1990, cat. rais. no. D 2268, ill. p. 614
Provenance:
Private Collection, Germany
Private Collection, Austria, since the early 1980’s.
1918 was a very productive and creative year but also Egon Schiele’s last one before he died in October. A strive for greater simplicity, capturing his subject with the barest minimum of line dominates most of these last drawings as well as an investigating but somehow also distant interest in female sexuality (cf. Kallir, 1990, p. 602).
Thus, this drawing of a pair of lesbian models illustrates less an erotic action, much more a fascinating and complex interaction of lines, starting with soft waves and culminating in a rollercoaster of fluent, modelling and powerful black strokes. The arms of the two women intertwine, but while one lays her head on her friend’s chest, the other looks dreamily into the distance without noticing the viewer.
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(Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)
Two women, signed and dated EGON SCHIELE 1918, black crayon on paper, 29.5 x 46 cm
Listed and illustrated in:
Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele. The complete works, New York 1990, cat. rais. no. D 2268, ill. p. 614
Provenance:
Private Collection, Germany
Private Collection, Austria, since the early 1980’s.
1918 was a very productive and creative year but also Egon Schiele’s last one before he died in October. A strive for greater simplicity, capturing his subject with the barest minimum of line dominates most of these last drawings as well as an investigating but somehow also distant interest in female sexuality (cf. Kallir, 1990, p. 602).
Thus, this drawing of a pair of lesbian models illustrates less an erotic action, much more a fascinating and complex interaction of lines, starting with soft waves and culminating in a rollercoaster of fluent, modelling and powerful black strokes. The arms of the two women intertwine, but while one lays her head on her friend’s chest, the other looks dreamily into the distance without noticing the viewer.
