
Masterpieces from the Lewis Collection
Zwei Proletarierkinder (Two Proletarian Children)
Auction Closed
June 25, 04:41 PM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Egon Schiele
1890 - 1918
Zwei Proletarierkinder (Two Proletarian Children)
signed Schiele and dated 10 (lower right)
watercolour, charcoal and pencil on paper
43.8 by 30.8 cm. 17¼ by 12⅛ in.
Executed in 1910.
Galerie Würthle, Vienna
Elizabeth Pelz, London (acquired from the above in 1929)
Private Collection, London (acquired by descent from the above)
Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1992, lot 28 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Vienna, Galerie Würthle, Moderne Graphik, 1929, no. 232, illustrated (titled Proletarierkinder)
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Egon Schiele: Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings, 1964, no. 37, pp. 41 and 46, illustrated (titled Two Children)
London, Fischer Fine Art, Egon Schiele: Oils, Watercolours, Drawings and Graphic Work, 1972, no. 18 (titled Two Children)
Michael Hamburger, "Egon Schiele 1: The Background", in Studio International, vol. 168, October 1964, p. 168, illustrated (titled Two Children)
Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele, The Complete Works, New York, 1990, no. 410, pp. 394-395, illustrated