Female Nude Bending to the Left

1918

Egon Schiele

Associated Names
Egon Schiele

Artist, Austrian, 1890 - 1918

The image shows a full-body drawing of a nude person sitting with one knee raised and their arms resting on it. The person is positioned in profile, facing to the right. The facial features are outlined with expressive lines, capturing the curvature of the nose and a prominent chin. The hair is depicted with loose curls. There is no visible clothing or objects present. The background is a plain, untextured light brown surface, which sets a contrast to the outlined figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk on buff wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 46 × 29.5 cm (18 1/8 × 11 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.126

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kallir 1990, no. 2319

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, May 16-17, 1958, lot 940?). Unidentified private collection; (Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, by January 10, 1967); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 29, 1971; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Egon Schiele (1890-1918): Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings. Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, 1967, no. 40 (repro.).

Bibliography

1968

  • Weiermair, Peter, ed. Egon Schiele: Schriften und Zeichnungen. Innsbruck, 1968: 56, no. 21 (repro.).

1990

  • Kallir, Jane. Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, Including a Biography and Catalogue Raisonné. New York, 1990: 619, no. 2319 (repro.).

Inscriptions

in image, at bottom center: EGON / SCHIELE / 1918

Wikidata ID

Q64557992

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