Lilly Steiner (Vienna 1884 - 1961 Paris)
Portrait of a Girl Wearing a Bow in her Hair (Portrait of the Artist's Daughter, Eva Steiner)
1916
pencil on thick paper
27,5 x 23 cm
signed and dated in pencil upper left: "L. Steiner - 1916"
inscription on the reverse: "Lilly Steiner Porträt Eva Steiner"
verso also stamped: "Nachlass [Estate] Otto und Eva Benesch" and "unverkäuflich unentlehnbar" ["cannot be borrowed"]
The Daulton Collection
Provenance:
ex coll. Otto and Eva Benesch, Vienna
Otto Benesch (Ebenfurth 1896-1964 Vienna) was a noted Austrian art historian, who was director of the Albertina from 1947 to 1961. He married Eva Steiner (1905-1983), the daughter of artist Lilly Steiner, in 1934.
In 1918, Egon Schiele drew a portrait of Eva Steiner in black chalk. Schiele's portrait of Eva is now in the collection of the Albertina, Vienna.
