Mountain Stream

1917

Egon Schiele

Associated Names
Egon Schiele

Artist, Austrian, 1890 - 1918

The image shows a line drawing with a slightly elevated point of view, looking down at an arrangement of rocks and vegetation. The horizon is not clearly defined, focusing on the rocks stretching towards the edge of the image. The drawing has fluid and curvilinear lines capturing the texture and form of the rocks and plants. The color palette is monochromatic with black lines on a light, cream-colored paper, emphasizing contrasts and contours. The lines vary in intensity, providing depth and dimension, with some areas featuring denser cross-hatching for shadow or texture. Small plant details in the distance suggest subtle growth amidst the rocky terrain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    crayon on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.9 × 45.8 cm (11 3/4 × 18 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.115

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kallir 1990, no. 2149


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Egon Schiele; Gertrude Schiele Peschka [b. 1894], Vienna. (Galerie St. Etienne, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased July 10, 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Modern German Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014.

Bibliography

1972

  • Leopold, Rudolf.Egon Schiele, Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings. Alexander Lieven, trans. London, 1972: 464 (repro.).

1990

  • Kallir, Jane. Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, Including a Biography and Catalogue Raisonne. New York, 1990: 346 (under no. 332), 600, no. 2149 (repro.).

Inscriptions

in image, at bottom right: EGON / SCHIELE / 1917

Wikidata ID

Q64557990

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