Dr. Ernst Wagner

1918

Egon Schiele

Associated Names
Egon Schiele

Artist, Austrian, 1890 - 1918

The image is a drawing of a person from the waist up. The person is seated with their arms resting in front of them, one hand over the other. The figure has defined facial features with hollow cheeks and deep-set eyes. Their hair appears combed back with a receding hairline. The clothing depicted is a jacket or coat with a bow tie around the neck. There are no visible jewelry or objects held by the person. The background is plain, consisting of blank paper, emphasizing the sketched person without distraction.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Probably the artist; Paul Wengraf; (Arcade Gallery, London); Alice M. Kaplan, 1963; Professor and Mrs. Julius Held, Bennington, VT, 1983; purchased by NGA, 1984.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1959

  • Exhibition 1959, paintings from the galleries' collection, E. & A. SIlberman Galleries, New York, November 3 - 21, 1959, no. 28.

1970

  • Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 97.

1973

  • One Hundred Master Drawings from New England Private Collections, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Sept. 5-Oct. 14, 1973, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Oct. 26-Dec. 3, 1973 and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Dec. 14, 1973-Jan. 25, 1974, no. 84, pg. 182.

1976

  • Austria and German Drawing in the Held Collection, Clark Institute, Williamstown, MA, October 19 - December 5, 1976,.

1979

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of Ingrid and Julius S. Held, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; traveling exhibition, 1979, no. 60.

1986

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., April 1986.

Bibliography

1959

  • Silberman Galleries. Exhibition 1959 paintins from the galleries' collection. New York: 1959.

1970

  • State University of New York at Binghampton. Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held. Binghampton: 1970.

1973

  • Robinson, Franklin, W.. One Hundre Master Drawings from New England Private Collections. Hanover: 1973.

1977

  • Viennese Art, Exh. cat. Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, 1977: 58.

1981

  • Canday, John. Mainstreams of Modern Art. New York: 1981.

1990

  • Kallir, Jane. Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, Including a Biography and Catalogue Raisonne. New York: 1990.

Inscriptions

lower right: EGON / SCHIELE / 1918; lower right: EW; by later hand, across top verso in graphite: Bildnisstudie, Herr Dr Ernst Wagner

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64557973

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