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Ottokar Mascha Folio, plate 18: "Shaw Oder Die Ironie Poster" by Egon Schiele
By Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
after EGON SCHIELE (1890-1918) SHAW ODER DIE IRONIE POSTER, C. 1912, (In Mascha, no. 18) Schiele
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1910s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Crouching Female Nude" Collotype plate V
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE
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1920s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Nursing Mother with Child" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
after Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL
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1920s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Portrait Study (Head of a Girl)" Collotype
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
after Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL
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1920s Vienna Secession Portrait Prints

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Paper

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Female Nude, Walking" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
after Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL
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1920s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Female Model, Seated" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
After Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL
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1920s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Kneeling Female, Semi-Nude" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
after Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL
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1920s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Self-Portrait" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
after Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL
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1920s Vienna Secession Portrait Prints

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Paper

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Reclining Female Nude Glancing Up" Collotype
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
after Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL
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1920s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Standing Female Nude" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
after Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL
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1920s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Kneeling Female Nude" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
after Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL
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1920s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Artist's Sister-in-Law" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
After Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL
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1920s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Female Nude, Back View" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
after Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL
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1920s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Reclining Girl, Half-Figure" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
after Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL
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1920s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen, "Seated Female Nude w/Orange Drapery" Collotype
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his masterful draftsmanship and precocious insight into the human
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1920s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "The Artist's Wife, Seated" Collotype plate VI
Located in Chicago, IL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE
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1910s Vienna Secession Portrait Prints

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Paper

R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "One-Year-Volunteer Private" Collotype plate V
Located in Chicago, IL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE
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1910s Vienna Secession Portrait Prints

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Paper

R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Woman with Greyhound" Collotype plate III
Located in Chicago, IL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE
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1910s Vienna Secession Portrait Prints

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Paper

R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Seated Woman with Bent Knee" Collotype plate I
Located in Chicago, IL
After Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL
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1910s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Portrait of a Child" Collotype plate X
Located in Chicago, IL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE
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1910s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Russian Soldier" Collotype plate VII
Located in Chicago, IL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE
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1910s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Reclining Nude w/Green Stockings" Collotype PL XI
Located in Chicago, IL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE
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1910s Vienna Secession Nude Prints

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Paper

R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Male Nude in Red Loincloth" Collotype plate II
Located in Chicago, IL
After Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL
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1910s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Two Girls, Lying Entwined" Collotype plate VIII
Located in Chicago, IL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE
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1910s Vienna Secession Nude Prints

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Paper

R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Kneeling Female Semi-Nude" Collotype plate XII
Located in Chicago, IL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE
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1910s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Torso" Collotype plate IV
Located in Chicago, IL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE
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1910s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Nude With Raised Arm" Collotype plate IX
Located in Chicago, IL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE
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1910s Vienna Secession Nude Prints

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Paper

Vintage Europalia 87 Osterreich Metal Foil Print Offset Lithograph Poster
By Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Located in Surfside, FL
was inspired by the works of Egon Schiele from an early date, and his style was often compared to that
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Offset

Klimt: the Collection of the Wein Museum by Ursula Storch (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
s smock, his death mask, and even a drawing by Egon Schiele of Klimt s body. Also featured are rare
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20th Century Books

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Paper

Klimt: the Collection of the Wein Museum by Ursula Storch (Book)
Klimt: the Collection of the Wein Museum by Ursula Storch (Book)
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Olympia
By Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Located in Ljubljana, SI
the artist Gustav Klimt as well as Egon Schiele and Antoni Gaudi, which we can see in his passion for
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1980s Post-Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Sometimes the Dress is Worth More Money than the Money (1 of 50 Hand Signed)
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
admiration for paintings by Egon Schiele and Edvard Munch. She details this ‘emotional suiside’ in Tracey
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

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Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

"Head of an Italian Woman" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"The Holy Hour with Six Figures" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"The Holy Hour with Four Figures" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Chestnut Tree" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Portrait of Herrn Willy Russ-Young" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"William Tell" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Love" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Dying Woman" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Girl in the Garden" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Three Mountaintops Emerging From Fog" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"The Reformation, Hannover" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Woman Turning Around" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

"Portrait of Prof. Dr. Hermann Sahli" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Exuberant Woman" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Young Peasant Girl" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Departure of Jena Volunteers in 1813" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Portrait of Sculptor James Vibert" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Portrait of Mrs. Gertrude Miller" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Portrait of Swiss Political Attachee, Carlin" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Evening Peace" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"What the Flowers Say" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Stockhorn Mountain Range at Thuner Lake" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Woman at the River's Edge" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Cherry Tree in Bloom" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Retreat from Marignano" set of 3 Copper Plate Prints
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern, Switzerland in 1853
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Praying Warrior" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"The Disappointed" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Battle at Nafels" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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"The World Weary" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

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Egon Schiele Posters For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, there are several options of egon schiele posters available for sale. Finding the ideal Expressionist examples of these works for your living room, whether you’re looking for small- or large-size pieces, is no easy task — start by shopping our selection today. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a colorful piece of art to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — see the egon schiele posters on 1stDibs that include elements of beige, white, black, brown and more. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co., (after) Egon Schiele and Friedensreich Hundertwasser produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Frequently made by artists working in paper and offset print, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much are Egon Schiele Posters?

The average selling price for egon schiele posters we offer is $4,200, while they’re typically $750 on the low end and $33,000 for the highest priced.

Finding the Right prints-works-on-paper for You

Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

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Questions About Egon Schiele Posters
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