Egon Schiele As A Draughtsman Benesch Folio 24 Plates Vienna State Printing

by Otto Benesch

$500 · Offered by eBay

ITEM SPECIFICS Condition: Good Format: Hardcover Art Folio Special Notes: Otto Benesch, Egon Schiele as a Draughtsman. Printed and published by the State Printing Office of Austria, Vienna. Large canvas folio containing the complete suite of 24 plates (the printed List of Plates is photographed; plates include the 1910 Self-Portrait, the Sunflowers, and the Lake of Constance tree). Text in English. A CLOSER LOOK "I don't just flip items; I collect them. I know what it means to hunt for the right edition or a perfectly preserved piece." The Details: Otto Benesch's posthumous Schiele portfolio, issued in Vienna within a few years of the artist's death in 1918 — the first great monument to Schiele the draughtsman, reproducing twenty-four drawings and watercolours at near-original scale, many from the Albertina and private Viennese collections. Complete copies with all 24 plates are genuinely scarce; most copies that surface are missing plates. CONDITION BREAKDOWN "I grade strictly so there are no surprises when you open the box." Exterior/Box: Canvas folio worn at the edges, corners, and spine ends, as photographed; the stamped EGON SCHIELE cover title is bold and clear. Item/Media: Plates clean and bright with even, light age-toning to the mounts; text pages with scattered foxing spots. Flaws: Cover wear as described; the folio is a working portfolio binding, not a fine binding. No bookplate. THE BLUE BIRD STANDARD I'm building my reselling business on precision and transparenc

• Publisher: State Printing Office of Austria
• Condition: Good

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