Egon Schiele Skateboard Triptych - Musart on Decks - Self-Portrait with Peacock Vest, Standing (1911)

Musart Boutique is proud to present our exclusive original collection Musart on Decks featuring limited edition skateboard decks, displaying art historical timeless masterpieces which bridge the traditional history of art and contemporary skateboarding culture at accessible prices. Part of Musart Boutique’s original collection Musart on Decks comes this limited edition of 100 Egon Schiele Skateboard Deck Triptych. It features his notorious work Self-Portrait with Peacock Vest, Standing (1911). Egon Schiele’s work Self-Portrait with Peacock Vest, Standing (1911) is one of the most unusual works in his career.Unlike most of his self-portraits, Schiele does not represent himself naked in a state of misery, despair, and grievance. Rather, we observe Schiele in an almost arrogant, proud, smug stance. A white aureole surrounds Schiele’s head, resembling images of saints or Byzantine fresco representations of Christ. Like other members of the German Expressionist movement (i.e. Gustav Klimt), Schiele was influenced by Nietzschean philosophy. In his belief that art and the artist can bring salvation to humanity. It is the first time we see in Schiele’s oeuvre, the V-Shaped gesture of his hand, in front of the solar plexus of his chest.