Egon Schiele, Austrian 1890-1918- 'Portrait eines jungen Madchens' (Portrait of a young girl); pencil on paper, signed and dated '18.II.07', 52.1 x 33.7cm Provenance: with Galerie 10, Vienna; Sotheby's, New York, 11 Mar 1998 lot 81; Christie's, New York, 14 Feb 2007 lot 67; Master Art, California, where it was purchased by the current vendor.Literature: J.Kallir, Egon Schiele, ‘The Complete Works’, New York, 2009, p. 357, number D 89. Note: This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Jane Kallir.'Portrait eines jungen Madchens' was created the first year Schiele studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts (1907-09). During these formative years the artist was influenced by the Jugendstil, the German Art Nouveau movement. It was around this period, the artist met Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), whom soon became the artist’s mentor. Klimt exchanged his own pieces with the artist and also arranged models and potential patrons for Schiele. A very similar comparison to this piece 'Portrait of a Girl', 1907, which is held at the Albertina Museum in Vienna.

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