Egon Schiele (after), Selbstporträt — Self-Portrait, 1920
By SCHIELE Egon (1890-1918)
Egon Schiele (after), Selbstporträt — Self-Portrait, 1920
Collotype on paper. Plate 1 from the portfolio Egon Schiele — Handzeichnungen, Ed. Strache, Vienna, 1920.
Signed and dated in the print. Edition B, No. 316 / 500.
Dimensions :
Dimensions: Sheet (visible) 40 × 25.5 cm (15¾ × 10 in.); frame approx. 60 × 40 cm (23⅝ × 15¾ in.)
Condition: Very good condition. Soft handling folds at the left edge. Framed.
Plate 1 from the posthumous portfolio published by Ed. Strache in 1920, two years after the artist’s death. This collotype reproduces the celebrated self-portrait of 1913, one of the most iconic self-images of Viennese Expressionism. The raw, nervous line work and arresting direct gaze exemplify Schiele’s unflinching psychological intensity.
Literature : Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, 1990, p. 514, no. 1433.
This plate is an original collotype from the first and only edition, not a later reprint or copy.
Price : 1700,00 € ( 1944.00 USD )
