Egon Schiele

Serge Sabarsky, New York
Private Collection, New York
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 21st June 2004, lot 34
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Los Angeles, Felix Laundau Gallery, Egon Schiele 1890 - 1918, Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, 1967, no. 34, illustrated in the catalogue
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago; Colombus, Colombus Gallery of Fine Arts & Des Moines, Des Moines Art Center, Egon Schiele and the Human Form: Drawings and Watercolors, 1971-72, no. 40, illustrated in the catalogue
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Egon Schiele, 1975, no. 217, illustrated in the catalogue
Seibu, The Seibu Museum of Art, Egon Schiele, 1979, no. 53, illustrated in the catalogue
Vienna, Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien; Linz, Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz; Munich, Museum Villa Stuck & Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Egon Schiele, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, 1981-1982, no. 82, illustrated in the catalogue
Rome, Pinacoteca Capitolina & Venice, Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna, Egon Schiele, no. 134, illustrated in the catalogue
Vienna, Akademie der bildenden Künste; Milan, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera; Palermo, Villa Zito; Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum (& travelling), Egon Schiele: Vom Schüler zum Meister, Zeichnungen und Aquarelle 1906-1918, 1984-85, no. 77 illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Vienna, Bawag Foundation (& travelling), Egon Schiele: 100 Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, 1988-97, no. 73, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Zurich, Hauser & Wirth, Egon Schiele: Arbeiten auf Papier, 1994, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Rudolf Leopold, Egon Schiele, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Salzburg, 1972, illustrated p. 585
Serge Sabarsky, Egon Schiele, Disegni erotici, Milan, 1981, illustrated pl. 29
Serge Sabarsky, Egon Schiele, Watercolors and Drawings, New York, 1983, illustrated pl. 29
Serge Sabarsky, Egon Schiele, Milan, 1984, no. 134, illustrated in colour n.p
Annette Vogel, Egon Schiele, Arbeiten auf Papier, Zurich, 1994, illustrated in colour p. 81
Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele. The Complete Works, New York, 1998, no. 1561, illustrated p. 530

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, taped to the overmount in two places along the upper edge. There is a 6.5cm-long repaired tear running inwards from the centre of the right edge and a 3cm-long repaired tear to the upper right corner. There is a very small repaired nick to the left part of the upper edge and a tiny paper loss to the upper left corner (not visible when framed). The sheet is slightly time-stained and there is some evidence of previous mounting in three places along the upper edge. There is an artist's pinhole to each of the upper corners and some scattered minor creases in places. The medium is in a good state and this work is in overall good condition.
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