Lot 117
  • 117

Egon Schiele

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description

  • Egon Schiele
  • SITZENDER WEIBLICHER AKT (SEATED FEMALE NUDE)
  • pencil on paper

  • 45.2 by 31.8cm., 17 3/4 by 12 1/2 in.

Provenance

Elisabeth Lobl
Galerie Magnet, Völkermarkt, Austria
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, London, 1998, no. 547a, illustrated p. 665

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount at intermittent intervals, floating in the mount. There are artist's pinholes at the centre of the top edge and three to the centre of the bottom edge. There is a 1cm. repaired tear to the bottom left edge and a 0.5cm. tear to the left of the bottom edge. Apart from some minor flattened creases to all four corners, this work is in good condition. Colours: The paper tone is warmer in the original. The pencil lines are fairly accurate.
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