
Masterpieces from the Lewis Collection
Danaë
Estimate
12,000,000 - 18,000,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Egon Schiele
1890 - 1918
Danaë
signed Schiele Egon and dated 1909 (lower right)
oil and metallic paint on canvas
80.5 by 125.7 cm. 31⅝ by 49½ in.
Executed in 1909.
Herr Kohn, Vienna (probably until 1928)
Karl Rob (Robitsek) (Rob-Verlag), Vienna (acquired by 1928)
Siegfried and Gesche Poppe, Hamburg (acquired by 1961)
Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York (acquired from the above circa 1985)
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Vienna, Neue Galerie, Gedächtnis Egon Schiele, 1928, no. 4
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Art autrichien du vingtième siècle, 1961, no. 177
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Vom Impressionismus zum Bauhaus: Meisterwerke aus deutschem Privatbesitz, 1966, no. 72, illustrated in colour
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Egon Schiele, 1975, no. 17, illustrated
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Experiment Weltuntergang: Wien um 1900, 1981, no. 160, illustrated
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Indianapolis Museum of Art and San Diego Museum of Art, Egon Schiele, 1994, no. 2, illustrated in colour
Lugano, Museo d’Arte Moderna, Egon Schiele, 2003, no. 10, illustrated in colour
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (extended loan 2011-12)
Philadelphia Museum of Art (extended loan 2013-15)
Philadelphia Museum of Art (extended loan 2017)
New York, Neue Galerie, Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele: 1918 Centenary, 2018
Paris, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Egon Schiele, 2018-19, no. 17, illustrated in colour
New York, Neue Galerie, Egon Schiele: Living Landscapes, 2024-25, n.n., illustrated
New York, Neue Galerie (extended loan 2017-26)
Arthur Roessler, "Egon Schiele," Bildende Künstler: Monatsschrift für Künstler und Kunstfreunde, vol. I, no. 3, 1911, p. 106
Otto Nirenstein, Egon Schiele: Persönlichkeit und Werk, Vienna, 1930, no. 51, pl. 21, illustrated
Werner Hofmann, Modern Painting in Austria, Vienna, 1965, p. 68, pl. 30, illustrated in colour
Otto Kallir, Egon Schiele, Œuvre Catalogue of Paintings, New York, 1966, no. 92, pp. 190-91, illustrated
Edgar Hurtlein, “Frühe Zeichnungen von Egon Schiele", Alte und Moderne Kunst, no. 12, November-December 1967, p. 38, fig. 15, illustrated
Österreichische Galerie, ed., Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Galerie, vol. 12, no. 56, 1968, p. 124
Christian M. Nebehay, Gustav Klimt, Dokumentation, Vienna, 1969, no. 607, p. 476, illustrated
Rudolf Leopold, Egon Schiele, Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, London, 1972, no. 130, pp. 59 & 543, illustrated
Peter Vergo, Art in Vienna 1898-1918: Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele and their contemporaries, 1975, p. 229 (dated 1908)
Alessandra Comini, Egon Schiele, New York, 1976, pl. 52a, illustrated
Janet Hobhouse, The Bride Stripped Bare, The Artist and the Nude in the Twentieth Century, New York, 1980, no. 41, p. 55, illustrated
Frank Whitford, Egon Schiele, New York and Toronto, 1981, pl. 32, illustrated
Gianfranco Malafarina, L'Opera di Schiele, Milan, 1982, no. 126, p. 88, illustrated
Gianfranco Malafarina, Tout l’œuvre peint de Schiele, Paris, 1983, no. 126, p. 88, illustrated
Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt. Die Zeichnungen, vol. III, Salzburg, 1984, p. 160, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Kunsthaus Zurich; Vienna, Kunstforum Länderbank; Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung and Wuppertal, Von-der-Heydt-Museum, Egon Schiele and His Contemporaries: Austrian Painting and Drawing from 1900 to 1930 from the Leopold Collection, Vienna, 1989, p. 45
Exh. Cat., Vienna, Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Egon Schiele in der Albertina, 1990, illustrated opposite cat. no. 37
Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, New York, 1990, no. 148, pp. 49 and 287, illustrated
Simon Wilson, Egon Schiele, London, 1993, p. 12
Lawrence J. Trudeau, ed., Modern Arts Criticism, vol. 4, Detroit, 1994, p. 250
Wolfgang G. Fischer, Egon Schiele 1890-1918. Pantomimen der Lust: Vision der Sterblichkeit, Cologne, 1994, pp. 70-71
Exh. Cat., Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Schiele, 1995, p. 22, fig. 3, illustrated
Christopher Short, Schiele, London, 1997, no. 4, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Shinjuku, Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art and Tsu, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Österreichische Malerei und Zeichnung von 1900 bis 1930, mit Schwerpunkt 'Egon Schiele,' aus dem Leopold Museum, Wien, 1997, p. 24, fig. 9, illustrated
Achim Moeller, In Good Hands: 25 Years of Art in the Life of a Dealer, New York, 1997, p. 74, illustrated in colour
Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele, The Complete Works, Expanded Edition, New York, 1998, no. 148, pp. 49 and 287, illustrated
Kai Artinger, Egon Schiele: Leben und Werk, Cologne, 1999, p. 25
Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele. Life and Work, 2003, p. 49, fig. 23, illustrated
Harald Fidler, Im Vorhof der Schlacht. Österreichs alte Medienmonopole und neue Zeitungskriege, Vienna, 2004, p. 19
Wolfgang Georg Fischer, Egon Schiele 1890-1918, Desire and Decay, Cologne, 2006, p. 71, illustrated in colour
Exh. Cat., Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe and Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, Hair - Photography by Herlinde Koelbl, 2007-08, p. 171
Josep Minguet, ed., Egon Schiele, Barcelona, 2008, p. 40 and p. 41, illustrated in colour
Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele’s Women, Munich, London and New York, 2012, no. 27, p. 45, illustrated in colour
Roman Neugebauer, Egon Schiele: An Illustrated Life, Prague, 2016, p. 32
Tobias G. Natter, Egon Schiele: The Complete Paintings 1909-1918, 2017, no. 6, pp. 47 and 464, illustrated in colour
Dieter Buchhart, ed., Connaissance des arts hors-série: Egon Schiele. Paris, 2018, pp. 48-49
Kallir Research Institute, "P148, Danae" Egon Schiele, The Complete Works Online, https://egonschieleonline.org/works/paintings/work/p148 (accessed 13 April 2026)
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