Estimated Value Over One Million Euros: This Work is Offered by the Vienna Dorotheum on Tuesday

Next Tuesday will be a big day for fans of "Vienna around 1900" art. Even before a record price is hoped for in New York at Sotheby's for Klimt's late work "Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer" in the evening, the Vienna Dorotheum is offering a "Crouching Nude from the Back" by Egon Schiele from 1917. However, the price difference is considerable: while the Klimt painting is estimated at 130 million euros, the Schiele is valued at 1.8 to 2.5 million.

Dorotheum: "Good Cooperation with Heirs"

The two works have a special connection: the first owner of the 29.5 by 45 centimeter gouache was likely Serena Lederer (1867-1943), mother of Elisabeth Lederer (1894-1944) and, together with her husband August, a significant art collector. Since the 1970s, the drawing has been owned by a Viennese entrepreneur, whose heirs are now bringing the piece to auction. "Despite extensive research, it was not possible to clarify the provenance of the work in detail after Serena Lederer," says the auction house. "Thanks to the good cooperation with the heirs of August and Serena Lederer and the consignor, an amicable agreement was reached."

Schiele, Chagall, de Chirico

In the Modern Art Auction, the opening of the Contemporary Week at the Dorotheum, alongside a Schiele pencil drawing of a "Woman on Knees and Elbows" (estimated at 180,000 to 250,000 euros), there is also the painting "Couple sur coq rouge" by Marc Chagall from the 1970s (estimated at 300,000 to 400,000 euros) or the portrait of two horses by Giorgio de Chirico from the 1930s, which is estimated at 600,000 to 800,000 euros, for sale.

(APA/Red)

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