Liegender weiblicher Akt

Details

Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
Liegender weiblicher Akt
signed and dated 'Egon Schiele 1917' (lower right)
black crayon on paper; watercolour added by another hand
11¾ x 18 1/8 in. (29.9 x 46 cm.)
Executed in 1917

Provenance

Melanie Schuster Schiele (the artist's sister) Vienna, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Gustav Schuster's sister, by whom acquired by inheritance from the above.
Norbert Gradisch, by whom acquired by inheritance from the above, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Literature

J. Kallir, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, New York, 1990, no. 2053 (illustrated p. 588).

Exhibited

Kirchheim unter Teck, Kulturring, Egon Schiele: der künstlerische Nachlass, May - June 1982, no. 58A (illustrated).

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The present drawing belonged to Melanie Schiele (1886-1974), the artist's second sister. Schiele had two other sisters, Elvira, the oldest (1884-1933), and Gertrude (1894-1979), who was the youngest and a very pretty girl. Melanie was a clerk for the Austrian railways and married Gustav Schuster, who was similarly employed. The couple had no children, and the present work was passed on to the sister of Gustav Schuster.

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