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[KAUFMAN, Enit Zerner (1897-1961)] –SCHIELE, Egon (1890-1918). Autograph letter signed ("Egon Schiele" in a paraph), to Enit Kaufman ("Fraulein Ernestine Zerner"). Vienna, 12 March 1918.
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-307
Nov 9, 2021 4:00AM CT
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Nov 10, 2021 4:00AM CT
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$5,000 - 7,000
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[KAUFMAN, Enit Zerner (1897-1961)] –SCHIELE, Egon (1890-1918). Autograph letter signed ("Egon Schiele" in a paraph), to Enit Kaufman ("Fraulein Ernestine Zerner"). Vienna, 12 March 1918.

1 page, 4to, with original envelope. Presumably arranging a meeting with his student. With his calling card laid in. 

Enit Zerner Kaufman (1908-1961) was born near Vienna, where she would later study art.  Her interest was portraiture, and she painted among prominent European artists, including Albert Sarraut and Georges Duhamel. Her work was featured in several exhibitions in Paris. She and her husband Edward fled Europe at the onset of World War II, and they arrived in New York City in 1939.  She resumed her career in the United States, building her reputation as  a portraitist, ultimately painting four American Presidents, including Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, harry S. Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Her work was featured in exhibitions in the 1940s and 1950s at the Smithsonian Institution and the New York Historical Society among others. 

Property from the Estate of Mr. Curt and Dr. Fleur Strand of New York City, New York and Snowmass Village, Colorado
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