Egon Schiele

C. & J. Goodfriend Drawings and Prints, New York
Alice Adam, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner in February 1999

New York, Lafayette Parke Gallery, The Expressionist Figure, October - December 1986, cat. no. 51

Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, New York 1998, cat. no. 2399, p. 628, illustrated

This work is in good condition overall. The sheet is hinged on the reverse in multiple places along the perimeter to the backing board. The sheet is time stained and gently undulating. There is a minor loss to the sheet noted along the lower left edge and a pinpoint loss in the lower right edge. Under raking light, there is a soft diagonal crease evident across the lower right quadrant. There is a minor repair to the sheet at the lower left corner and the top edge to the left, only viewable under very close inspection with raking light. There are tape remnants to the verso which can be easily removed. Framed under Plexiglas.
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"Bodies have their own light which they consume to live: they burn, they are not lit from the outside.”

Egon Schiele