Egon Schiele

Frau mit blondem Haar und blauem Gewand (Woman with Blond Hair and Blue Garment) (recto); Sitzende Frau mit geneigtem Kopf (Seated Woman with Bent Head) (verso)

Auction Closed

November 14, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

550,000 - 750,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Style by Design: Property from the Collection of Carol Joyce

Egon Schiele

1890 - 1918

Frau mit blondem Haar und blauem Gewand (Woman with Blond Hair and Blue Garment) (recto); Sitzende Frau mit geneigtem Kopf (Seated Woman with Bent Head) (verso)

signed Egon Schiele and dated 1912. (lower right) (recto and verso)

gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper (recto); pencil on paper (verso)

17 ⅝ by 12 in.

48.8 by 30.5 cm.

Executed in 1912.

Dr. Frederick Gerstel, New York
Galerie St. Etienne, New York (acquired from the above in 1957)
Carol Joyce, New York (acquired from the above in 1961)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art and Oberlin, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, 1957, no. 32
New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Kubin, 1961, no. 26 (titled Woman with Blond Hair and with incorrect medium)
New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, 1986, no. 44

Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, London 1990, no. 1138, p. 479, illustrated (recto); no. 1104, p. 475, illustrated (verso)
Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, Expanded Edition, New York 1998, no. 1138, p. 478, illustrated (recto); no. 1104, p. 475, illustrated (verso)