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Egon Schiele
Estimate
280,000 - 350,000 USD
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Description
- Egon Schiele
- Stehender Mädchenakt mit langen Haaren (Standing Nude Girl with Long Hair)
- Signed Egon Schiele and dated 1918 (lower right); stamped Nachlass Egon Schiele (on the verso)
- Black crayon on paper
- 18 1/8 by 11 5/8 in.
- 46 by 29.5 cm
Provenance
Sale: Dorotheum, Vienna, March 25, 1966, lot 355
Sale: Lempertz, Cologne, May 30, 1981, lot 759
Acquired at the above sale and thence by descent
Sale: Lempertz, Cologne, May 30, 1981, lot 759
Acquired at the above sale and thence by descent
Literature
Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, New York, 1990, no. 2281, illustrated p. 615
Condition
The work is in excellent condition. Executed on buff-colored paper which is a little time-darkened. The sheet is t-hinged to a mount at two places along the top edge of the verso. There are a couple light surface stains and a 1/8th-inch tear along the extreme bottom left edge of the sheet.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
In the final years of his tragically short life, Schiele achieved a new level of artistic maturity, adopting an assured, elegant and arresting line. As Jane Kallir observed: "He had always been a demon draftsman, capable of achieving stop-action effects comparable to those of photography, and his line, by 1917, had acquired an unprecedented degree of precision... Schiele's drawing technique—the armature upon which all his painted forms rested—had acquired an almost classical purity. Peschka accused him, with some accuracy, of reverting to Griepenkerl's precepts, and it is true that Schiele's work manifested a heretofore unknown fidelity to the representational integrity of his subject matter and a new sensitivity to the ability of line to suggest volume. Schiele's hand had never been surer, more capable of grasping, in a single breathtaking sweep, the complete contour of a figure. This extreme dexterity invited mannerism; when his subject was not particularly exciting, drawing was just too easy for him. And yet, when he was inspired, his execution was flawless; he had found, in the best of his late work, the perfect line" (Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele, Life and Work, New York, 2003, pp. 223 & 230).