Self Portrait Socks

Artist: Egon Schiele

Created: 1911

Dimensions (cm): 51 x 34,5

Format: Watercolor, gouache, and black crayon

Location: Ernst Ploil, Wien

Klimt’s protegé, Egon Schiele was a major figurative painter noted for his intensity and raw sexuality in the many self-portraits produced embodying Vienna’s spirit of the time. 

Unlike the rest of his pieces of naked twisted bodies, in this painting, Schiele portraits himself with a rare self-assurance for a young artist, with a touch of vanity on his elegant pose and hands. He is also framed in a Catholic manner normally associated with Christ, wearing a fashionable shirt and vest (that he didn’t possess) slipping in the role of the elegant man that brings salvation through his art.

80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane.
Made in Portugal using the most advanced craftsmanship to produce the finest seamless socks.

Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron.