Egon Schiele

Hugo Sonnenschein, Vienna (acquired from the artist)
Acquired from the estate of the above by the present owner in the 1980s 

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, T-hinged to the mount at two points along the top edge. The edges remain visible when framed. There is an artist's pinhole to the top left corner. There is a tiny paper loss to the top right corner. There are two flattened creases arching across the bottom right corner, and some feint flattened creases running horizontally at intervals across the sheet. Apart from some slight time staining to the sheet, this work is in very good condition. Colours: The paper tone is warmer in the original.
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Hugo Sonnenschein (1889-1953), called Sonka, was mostly known as a great author and writer as well as a political activist. One of his most important works is 'Erde auf Erden', published in 1920, for which Egon Schiele did two portrait sketches of Hugo Sonnenschein, one of them illustrated in the book, the other kept in the family until the 1980s.