Egon Schiele’s oil on canvas Portrait of the Art Dealer Guido Arnot.
LONDON: Highlight of the German and Austrian series from the Marvin & Janet Fishman Collection was Egon Schiele’s oil on canvas Portrait of the Art Dealer Guido Arnot, 4ft 7in x 3ft 7in (1.40 x 1.09m), signed and dated 1918 which sold at Sotheby’s in London for £6.5m (plus premium), more than twice its top estimate.
Guido Arnot was one of the first art dealers in Vienna who sustained a committed interest in Schiele…