Sale 2532 - 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings, March 5, 2020

391  EGON SCHIELE Bildnis Franz Hauer . Drypoint, 1914. 130x110 mm; 5 1 / 8 x4 1 / 8 inches, full margins. Edition of 100. With the artist’s ink stamp signature and date, lower right. Numbered 97 in pencil on the justification page. Published by Rikola-Verlag, Vienna. From Katalog der Internationalen Schwarz-Weiss Austellung , 1921. A superb impression with strong contrasts. With the complete original Katalog der Internationalen Schwarz-Weiss Austellung with lithographs by Rudolf Grossmann, Felix Harta, Alfred Kubin, Richard Seewald and others. Kallir 5. [4,000/6,000] 392 c FERDINAND HODLER Study for “Bewunderndes Weib.” Pen and ink and pencil on paper, circa 1903. 389x145 mm; 15 1 / 4 x5 1 / 4 inches. With the artist’s estate blind stamp (Lugt 5432). Inscribed with a statement of authenticity by Berthe Hodler, the artist’s widow, in ink, verso. Ex-collection private collection, Zurich; John Kaf ka, Washington D.C.; private collection, Maryland. This work is accompanied by the catalogue raisonné : Müller, Die Kunst Ferdinand Hodlers 1895- 1918 , Zurich, 1941. This copy inscribed by Dr. Müller, who facilitated the sale of the present work to Mr. Kaf ka in 1971, noting that this drawing is a study for the oil painting Bewunderndes Weib , now titled Bewunderung , in the collection of the Kunstmuseum, Bern. Dr. Müller further inscribed the verso of the frame. [5,000/8,000] 391