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Exhibition History"MCM - Y2K: A CENTURY OF ART ON PAPER," Des Moines Art Center, Dec. 11, 1999 - Feb. 13, 2000
"From Body to Being: Reflections Upon the Human Image," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 1 - May 4, 1997
"Egon Schiele: Nudes," Gagosian Gallery, N. Y., 1994
"Diversity of Line: A Selection from the Permanent Collection," Des Moines Art Center, Nov. 16, 1990 - Apr. 7, 1991
Published References"MCM - Y2K: A Century of Art On Paper," Des Moines Art Center, 1999, exh. cat. ref. pp.10 & 24
DMAC Bulletin, Jan./Feb. 1975, cover ill.
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.190 & 191, b/w ill. pl.123, p.191
Gallery Guide for "Diversity of Line," Des Moines Art Center, Nov. 1990
Alessandra Comini, "Egon Schiele: Nudes," Gagosian Gallery, N. Y., 1994, exh. cat. color pl. no.22
Schiele was born in the Austrian village of Tulln on the Danube in 1890. At an early age he showed a precocious talent for drawing and enrolled at the academy in Vienna. He and several of his fellow artists quit the academy in protest against its conservative methods and policies, and by 1910 he had developed his own distinctive style -- a strong linear emphasis which, from 1910 to about 1914, tends to be marked by an angularity and rawness. After 1914 and until his early death in 1918, the lines are usually softer and more curvilinear, and more emphasis is placed on modelling.
Schiele was unquestionably a powerful and versatile draughtsman.
Source: Bulletin, January-February 1975.
Exhibition History"MCM - Y2K: A CENTURY OF ART ON PAPER," Des Moines Art Center, Dec. 11, 1999 - Feb. 13, 2000
"From Body to Being: Reflections Upon the Human Image," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 1 - May 4, 1997
"Egon Schiele: Nudes," Gagosian Gallery, N. Y., 1994
"Diversity of Line: A Selection from the Permanent Collection," Des Moines Art Center, Nov. 16, 1990 - Apr. 7, 1991
Published References"MCM - Y2K: A Century of Art On Paper," Des Moines Art Center, 1999, exh. cat. ref. pp.10 & 24
DMAC Bulletin, Jan./Feb. 1975, cover ill.
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.190 & 191, b/w ill. pl.123, p.191
Gallery Guide for "Diversity of Line," Des Moines Art Center, Nov. 1990
Alessandra Comini, "Egon Schiele: Nudes," Gagosian Gallery, N. Y., 1994, exh. cat. color pl. no.22
DimensionsFrame: 31 1/8 × 25 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (79.1 × 63.8 × 3.8 cm)
Sheet (/image): 18 11/16 × 12 5/8 in. (47.5 × 32.1 cm)
Sheet (/image): 18 11/16 × 12 5/8 in. (47.5 × 32.1 cm)
Accession Number 1973.35
Classificationswork on paper
CopyrightPublic Domain
SignedEgon Schiele 1913 (l/r, graphite)
InscriptionsEgon Schiele 1913 (l/r, graphite)
Estate stamp (l/l on verso)
ProvenanceArtist, Austria. Serge Sabarsky, New York [acquired by 1973]; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 1973]
