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Gertrude Schiele, before 1909

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Photograph
13.9×8.9 cm

Artists

  • Anonyme*r Fotograf*in
Unfortunately not on display at the moment
This particularly beautiful and elegant portrait photograph of Gertrude Schiele (1894–1981) exists in three different versions (cf. Gertrude Peschka, Gertrude Peschka): “Gerti” was photographed twice from the side; once, she is looking directly at the camera, in the present portrait she is looking down, while in the third photograph, she is depicted more from the front and gazing towards the left. Particularly striking is her pinned updo, surrounded by a hair band, and adorned with numerous leaves and cherry-like fruit on the back of her head. On the visible right side, her hair is further decorated with a circular clasp, which can also be discerned in several works by Egon Schiele (1890–1918), including preliminary drawings and the painting Portrait of Gerti Schiele, 1909, which is kept today at the New York Museum of Modern Art (Inv.-No. 451.82) and was once owned by Rudolf Leopold. This portrait photograph likely served as inspiration to Schiele and was printed as a picture postcard.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Anonyme*r Fotograf*in
Title
Gertrude Schiele
Date
before 1909
Category
Photograph
Material​/technique
Photograph
Dimensions
13.9×8.9 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7540
Inventory access
Accession 2023
Keywords

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Privatsammlung Leopold, Wien; (1)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (2023)

  1. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Rechnung Nr. 01-2023 vom 18.04.2023

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