Egon Schiele (1890-1918), after - Sonnenblumen

Original heliogravure on thick quality paper with signature in the plate. This reproduction of Egon Schiele was printed in 1950 by the Austrian State Printing Office. This reproduction was never framed and is well preserved.

These reproductions are difficult to find because they are kept by official authorities or in private collections. Exemplars from the same series have previously sold on Catawiki for more than 1500 euros.

Egon Schiele (12 June 1890 - 31 October 1918) was an Austrian painter. Schiele was a protegé of Gustav Klimt and an important figurative painter of the early 20th century. His work is known for its intensity and its raw sexuality and the many self-portraits the artist made. The twisted bodily forms and the expressive line that characterize Schiele's works mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism.

The printing process is of the highest quality and is almost comparable to the original. Today there are only three printing houses in the world that still apply this. The color image is split—from light to dark—into a maximum of 25 colors and then printed in as many print cycles on top of each other. This technique was mainly used in small editions.

This reproduction is professionally packaged and insured, sent with a Track and Trace code.