Portrait of Arthur Roessler

1914

Egon Schiele

Associated Names
Egon Schiele

Artist, Austrian, 1890 - 1918

This image depicts a drawing of a man shown from the shoulders up, in a partial profile view facing to the right. The man has defined facial features, short neatly combed hair, and is wearing a plain garment. He has both hands raised in the foreground with fingers spread apart and palms facing outward. The background is plain. The drawing is executed with fine lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24 × 31.6 cm (9 7/16 × 12 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.8 × 45.2 cm (12 1/2 × 17 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.456

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kallir 1990, no. 8, State c-ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie St. Etienne, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 2, 1970; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1990

  • Kallir, Jane. Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, Including a Biography and Catalogue Raisonne. New York: 1990: no. 8, c-ii

Inscriptions

on verso, in graphite: 80 / 80 OK 1969

Wikidata ID

Q76556958

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