Schiele Portrait Sells for $1.92m But Delivers a 6% Negative Return
3 min read · 20 May 2026
Frauenbildnis mit Blauem und Grünem Halstuch (Portrait of a Woman with Blue and Green Scarf). Image courtesy of Sotheby's
Egon Schiele, Frauenbildnis mit Blauem und Grünem Halstuch (Portrait of a Woman with Blue and Green Scarf) (1914), sold for $1.92m, more than one and a half times the low estimate at Sotheby's in New York on May 19.
The sale was below the previous auction result by $130,000, realizing a 6% negative return. It last sold at auction in 2016 for $2.05m at Sotheby's.
Gouache and pencil on paper, 45.5 x 30.0cm. The work has been traded 7 times in the past.
Sale Date | Price | Price Increase | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 19, 2026 | $1.92m | -6 % | Sotheby's | New York |
May 09, 2016 | $2.05m | 1528 % | Sotheby's | New York |
December 01, 1992 | $126,000 | - | Sotheby's | London |
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