LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

38.98 in. (99.00 cm.) (height) by 46.85 in. (119.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Egon Schiele and dated 1914 (lower centre)

Literature:

Otto Nirenstein, Egon Schiele: Persönlichkeit und Werk, Vienna, 1930, nos. XXXII; XXXVIII & XXXIX, listed on pp. 91, 92 & 118; Otto Kallir, Egon Schiele, Œuvre-Katalog der Gemälde, Vienna, 1966, no. 204, catalogued p. 404; Rudolf Leopold, Egon Schiele. Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings, London, 1973, no. 251, illustrated p. 584; illustrated in colour pl. 156; Christian M. Nebehay, Egon Schiele: Leben, Briefe, Gedichte, Salzburg & Vienna, 1979, nos. 686 & 689; Gianfranco Malafarina, L'Opera di Egon Schiele, Milan, 1982, no. 274, illustrated p. 110; Wolfgang Georg Fischer, Egon Schiele. Pantomimen der Lust. Visionen der Sterblichkeit, Cologne, 1994, illustrated in colour p. 66; Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele, The Complete Works, London, 1998, no. 283, illustrated p. 327 (titled Häuser mit Wäsche (Vorstadt II)) ; Tobias G. Natter, Die Welt von Klimt, Schiele und Kokoschka. Sammler und Mäzene, Cologne, 2003, mentioned pp. 179 & 232

Provenance:

Heinrich Böhler, Vienna & St. Moritz (acquired from the artist in June 1914); Mabel Böhler, Lugano (wife of the above; by descent from the above in 1940); Rudolf Leopold, Vienna (acquired from the above in 1952); Leopold Museum, Vienna (acquired in 1994)