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EGON SCHIELE Bildnis Arthur Roessler.
Drypoint printed in dark bluish black, circa 1921-22. 235x310 mm; 9 1/4x12 1/2 inches, full margins. Second state (of 2), after the steel-facing of the plate. Initialed, dated "1969" and numbered 37/80 by Otto Kallir, Galerie St. Etienne, in pencil, verso. Published by Galerie St. Etienne, New York, 1970. From the deluxe edition of Egon Schiele: The Graphic Work, 1970. A superb, well-inked impression of this scarce print.
Provenance: Galerie St. Etienne, New York, with the label on the frame back.
Arthur Roessler (1877-1955) was an influential art critic and author, as well as a close friend of Schiele (1890-1918), whom Roessler encouraged from an early point and helped build his artistic career. Schiele's oil portrait of Roessler, from 1910, is now in the Leopold Museum, Vienna. Kallir 8.
