Dancer (Die Tänzerin)

1913

Egon Schiele

Associated Names
Egon Schiele

Artist, Austrian, 1890 - 1918

This is a painting of a woman with most of her body covered in draped fabric. She is positioned with her head resting gently on her right shoulder and her right arm bent across her body while her left arm dangles down. Her facial features are delicate, with closed or downturned eyes, a small nose, and thin red lips. She has short orange-brown hair adorned with a red headband or bandana. Everything below her arms appears to be covered with fabric that falls loosely over her form, and her legs are not visible. Her pose is ambiguous; she may be sitting with her knees to her chest with the fabric draping over them, or she may be standing and the artist didn't paint her legs. There are small hints of blue paint in some areas of the fabric. The background is a plain, off-white color.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hans Ankwicz-Kleehoven; Rudolf Leopold; Serge Sabarsky; (sale, New York, Sotheby's, 16 May 1979, lot 72); Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Millard, New York; gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

  • Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 286-287 color repro.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 23, as Dancer.

2018

  • Egon Schiele. Foundation Louis Vuitton Pour la Creation, Paris, 2018-2019.

Bibliography

1972

  • Leopold, Rudolf.Egon Schiele, paintings, watercolours, drawings. Translated by Alexader Lieve. London, 1972: 298.

1990

  • Kallir, Jane. Egon Schiele: The Complete Works, Including a Biography and Catalogue Raisonne. New York: 1990.

1991

  • Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.286.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 23.

Inscriptions

center right in graphite: EGON / SCHIELE / 1913.

Wikidata ID

Q64557988

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