Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
Einzelne Häuser (Häuser mit Bergen) (recto); Mönch I (fragment; verso)
signed ‘EGON SCHIELE 1915’ (centre right)
oil on canvas
43 1/4 x 55 in. (109.8 x 139.7 cm.)
Painted in 1915
£20,000,000-30,000,000
Christie’s is taking advantage of the New York crowds to show off two works that will star in the London Impressionist and Modern sales in June:
Leading highlights by Egon Schiele and Vincent van Gogh are now on display at Christie’s New York until 17 May 2017 ahead of London’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in June.
Schiele’s Einzelne Häuser (Häuser mit Bergen) (1915, estimate: £20,000,000-30,000,000) was painted in the middle of the First World War and exemplifies the artist’s visionary understanding of landscape, which he used as an allegory of human emotion.
Van Gogh’s Le Moissonneur (d’après Millet) (1889, estimate: £12,500,000-16,500,000), was painted in 1889, the same year that he left Arles and admitted himself into an asylum. The auction will take place on 27 June 2017 as part of 20th Century at Christie’s. The works will tour to Hong Kong from 25 to 29 May 2017 and will be on view in London from 17 to 27 June 2017.
