Lot 118
  • 118

Egon Schiele

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Egon Schiele
  • LIEGENDER AKT MIT ANGEHOBENEN BEINEN (RECLINING NUDE WITH RAISED LEGS)
  • signed Egon Schiele and dated 1914 (lower right)
  • pencil on paper
  • 48.2 by 32.2cm., 19 by 12 5/8 in.

Provenance

Erich Lederer, Geneva
Elisabeth Lederer, Geneva (by descent from the above in 1985)
Estate of Erich and Elisabeth Lederer, Vienna (by 1995)
De Pury & Luxembourg, Geneva (acquired from the above in 1998)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, London, 1998, no. 1562, illustrated p. 530

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached at intermittent intervals along all four edges and floating in the mount. The left edge is uneven with associated tiny nicks at intermittent intervals. There is a 2cm. tear running vertically from the centre of the extreme right edge. Apart from some minor creases at intermittent intervals and some faint studio dirt mainly to the lower half of the sheet, this work is in good condition. Colours: The paper tone is slightly brighter in the original. The pencil lines are fairly accurate.
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