Egon Schiele (1890-1918),fter) - Mädchenbildnis

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

These reproductions are difficult to find because they are held by official institutions or in private collections. Exemplars from the same series have previously sold on Catawiki for more than 1,500 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 contorted body 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 indistinguishable from 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 safely and professionally packaged and insuredly shipped with a Track and Trace code.