Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction
Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction
Property from a Private Collection, Europe
Egon Schiele
Kreuzigung mit verfinsterter Sonne (Crucifixion with Darkened Sun)
Auction Closed
March 2, 07:38 PM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Europe
Egon Schiele
1890 - 1918
Kreuzigung mit verfinsterter Sonne (Crucifixion with Darkened Sun)
signed SCHIELE EGON and dated 07 (centre left); stamped twice with the estate stamp on the reverse
oil on canvas laid down on board
41 by 41cm.; 16⅛ by 16⅛in.
Painted in 1907.
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歐洲私人收藏
埃貢・席勒
1890 - 1918年
《十字架苦像與暗陽》
款識：藝術家簽名SCHIELE EGON並紀年07（左中）；蓋藝術家遺產管理委員會印兩次（背面）
油彩畫布，貼於畫板
41 x 41 公分；16⅛ x 16⅛ 英寸
1907年作
Estate of the artist
Dr Heinrich Rieger, Vienna (acquired by 1918)
Edith Kainz, Vienna (acquired by 1966)
Sale: Christie's, London, 29th November 1982, lot 39
Jenö Eisenberger, Vienna
Private Collection, Austria (acquired from the above by 1990)
By descent from the above to the present owner
This work is sold pursuant to a settlement agreement with the heirs of Heinrich Rieger.
Otto Kallir, Egon Schiele. Œuvre-Katalog der Gemälde, Vienna, 1966, no. 24, illustrated p. 129 (titled Kreuzigung)
Werner Hofmann, Egon Schiele. Die Familie, Stuttgart, 1968, mentioned p. 18 (titled Kreuzigung)
Johannes Dobai, 'Egon Schieles Jüngling vor Gottvater kniend', in Jahresbericht 1968/69, Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft. Beiträge zur Kunst des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, Zurich, 1970, illustrated p. 56 (titled Kreuzigung and catalogued as oil on canvas)
Rudolf Leopold, Egon Schiele. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Salzburg, 1972, no. 57, illustrated p. 528
Christian M. Nebehay, Egon Schiele. Leben, Briefe, Gedichte, Salzburg & Vienna, 1979, listed p. 69
Gianfranco Malafarina, L'Opera di Schiele, Milan, 1982, no. 49, illustrated p. 82 (titled Calvario con eclisse di sole)
Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, London, 1998, no. 30, illustrated p. 270
Sophie Lillie, Was einmal war. Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens, Vienna, 2003, listed p. 978
Rudolf Leopold, Egon Schiele. Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Munich, 2020, no. 57, illustrated in colour p. 539
Reinhard Steiner, Egon Schiele. 1890 - 1918. The Midnight Soul of the Artist, Cologne, 2020, illustrated in colour p. 75