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Page from a Sketchbook with the Figure of an Infant, 1915

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Leopold Museum,
Vienna
recto: Pencil on paper, verso: Pencil on paper
17.5×10.6 cm

Artists

  • Egon Schiele

    (Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
The present page from a sketchbook shows designs by Egon Schiele (1890–1918) on the front and the reverse side. On the front, the artist captured the figure of an infant, complete with his signature and the date 1915. The sketch recalls the child depiction in the painting Mother with Two Children II. As in this painting, the baby in the sketch is wrapped in a cloth, with only the small face and tiny feet showing. The reverse side (/en/object/FRL 3499) boasts drafts for two compositions: one for Seated Couple – the corresponding watercolor is kept at the Albertina in Vienna (Inv. 29766, Kallir D1788) – and one showing a mother with a child on her lap, possibly a preliminary study for Mother with Two Children II.

LVD, 2024

Object data

Artist/author
  • Egon Schiele
Title
Page from a Sketchbook with the Figure of an Infant
Alternative title
Verso: Figural Sketches, i.a. on the Watercolor “Seated Couple” (Egon and Edith Schiele), 1915
Date
1915
Art movement
Expressionism
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
recto: Pencil on paper, verso: Pencil on paper
Dimensions
17.5×10.6 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7586
Inventory access
Accession 2023
Catalogue raisonne
  • Kallir D 1788
Keywords
childlying figurelying figure (fem.)infant/baby

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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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childlying figurelying figure (fem.)infant/baby