EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918)
拍品 530 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE VIENNESE CABARET AND FILM STAR FRITZ GRÜNBAUM

EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918)

Bildnis Edith Schiele

已結束2023年11月11日

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USD 252,000

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EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918)
Bildnis Edith Schiele
signed and dated 'EGON SCHIELE 1915' (lower right)
pencil on paper
18 1⁄8 x 12 ¼ in. (46 x 31 cm.)
Drawn in 1915

Franz Friedrich "Fritz" Grünbaum, Vienna (from whom spoliated after March 1938).
Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern (1956).
Galerie St. Etienne, New York (acquired from the above, September 1956).
Wright S. Ludington, Santa Barbara (acquired from the above, 1957).
Santa Barbara Museum of Art (gift from the above, 1957).
Restituted to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum (2023).

專家說明

This portrait of Egon Schiele’s wife, Edith Harms, is emblematic of his renderings of her from the late teens. After their wedding in June 1915, the year the present work was drawn, Schiele went on to produce a number of pictures of her in pencil, watercolor, gouache and oil. In the present drawing, Schiele’s iconic rendering of Edith’s updo, elongated face and her alert hypnotic gaze are particularly striking. The portrait’s swift and powerful lines also testify to the artist’s confidence as a draftsman, particularly in the rendering of his wife’s likeness.