Timeless Reflections

The Egon Schiele NFT Collection of the Leopold Museum

The Leopold Museum's response to the Corona-driven digitisation process of the art world

In cooperation with the NFT platform LaCollection, Österreichische Post AG and Twigitals, the Leopold Museum has released 24 works by Egon Schiele as NFTs.

Through this process, the Works now permanently preserved in the digital world and are more accessible to people from all over the world.

The digital twins of the Schiele paintings were divided into three categories according to edition size:

Three of the works were included in the category "Ultra Rare" and are thus being auctioned with an exclusive edition of two NFT originals. The starting price of these works is set at 100,000 euros.
For the category "Super Rare", 9 works of art were selected and transformed into ten NFTs each. These works will be proclaimed and auctioned for 15,000 euros.
The eleven "Rares" can be purchased in a time-limited open edition of up to 100 pieces per work for 499 euros each.
The rediscovered painting "Leopold Czihaczek at the Piano" is presented as a "Special Rare" will be available for purchase for 999 euros - even before the original work is permanently displayed in the museum.

One NFT of each work will remain in the possession of the Leopold Museum. The proceeds of the auctions will go towards the restoration and care of the museum's collection.

The accompanying box of memorabilia - the "Phygital" by Twigitals

In order to ensure that the acquisition of such an NFT is also a physical product in the palm of your hand, we have a high-quality Egon Schiele box as a Phygital developed. With this noble box, we bring the art NFT back into the physical world.

The box serves as a physical ownership certificate for the acquired NFT with additional goodies. A chip is integrated into the badge that reads the authenticity and the current owner (wallet) of the NFT.

It's worth taking a look inside the box!

The entire Phygital is 100% made from recycled materials!

The box itself was made from recycled Paper and cardboard The panels are made from recycled MDF and also the used Plexiglas is recycled.

In order to be able to offer the art NFT a really high-quality and noble frame, the box and plaque were made in our house by our sister company Variuscard at Digital printing and with highlights in Gold foil, white print and partial transparent UV relief printing manufactured.