Weiblicher Akt (recto); Bildnis des Pianisten Roderick Mackey (verso)

Details

EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918)
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.
Private collection, London, by April 1973.
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).
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).