Image of nine figures seated at an L-shaped table over the words SECESSION/49.AUSSTELLUNG/9-6 1K-.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

In the top two-thirds of the image, nine figures are seated at an L-shaped table on a field of semi-opaque black. Each figure is seated on a chair and holding a book. Also on the table are bottles or flasks. The figures’ shirts and the chairs are red, yellow, or white. The table is beige, and most of the figures have beige skin with markings on their faces to lightly indicate features and facial hair. The figure at the top has a white face. In the bottom third black block letters reading "SECESSION/49.AUSSTELLUNG/9-6 1K-" on a light beige background

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.130
People
Egon Schiele, Austrian (Tulln, Austria 1890 - 1918 Vienna, Austria)
Title
The Friends (Study for the Poster for the 49th Exhibition of the Vienna Secession)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Friends (Round Table), Small
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1918
Culture
Austrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/218332

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache, black crayon, black ink, graphite traces, and collage element on tan wove paper, mounted to card
Dimensions
65.7 × 50.7 cm (25 7/8 × 19 15/16 in.)
image panel, mounted: 45.8 × 50.7 cm (18 1/16 × 19 15/16 in.)
text panel, mounted: 19.9 × 50.7 cm (7 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)
mat: 80 × 63.5 cm (31 1/2 × 25 in.)
frame: 82.7 × 66.2 × 4.1 cm (32 9/16 × 26 1/16 × 1 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in black crayon at l.r.: EGON/SCHIELE/1918

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Gabriele Geier in memory of Paul E. Geier and his Friends in the Class of 1936 on the Occasion of their 60th Reunion
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
1996.130
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Drawing and text panel are separate sheets: drawing is gouache and black crayon, 45.8 x 50.7 cm; text panel is black ink and graphite on card with collaged element, 19.9 x 50.7 cm, separately mounted; inscribed: Secession 49. Ausstellung 9-6 1K-.

Publication History

  • Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele, The Complete Works: Including a Biography and a Catalogue Raisonne, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1990), p. 343, cat. 325
  • James Cuno, ed., A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions by the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 2000), pp. 110-111, ill. (color)
  • Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 176
  • Dr. Tobias G. Natter, ed., Egon Schiele: The Complete Paintings 1909-1918, Taschen (Cologne, 2017), pp. 352-353, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

  • Dream and Design: Turn-of-the-Century Art in Vienna and Central Europe, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/07/1992 - 05/03/1992
  • A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions from the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Central and Northern Art and Design from 1880 to the Present, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 04/19/2000 - 07/09/2000
  • 32Q: 1440 Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin (Expressionism), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/06/2015 - 10/22/2015

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