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GUSTAV KLIMT | Freundinnen (Girlfriends)
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description
- Gustav Klimt
- Freundinnen (Girlfriends)
- stamped with the Estate Stamp Gustav Klimt Nachlass (lower right)
- pencil on paper
- 55 by 34.8cm., 21 5/8 by 13 3/4in.
- Drawn in 1913.
Provenance
Private Collection, Hessen
Sale: Grisebach, Berlin, 27 November 1998, lot 11
Private Collection, Austria (purchased at the above sale)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Sale: Grisebach, Berlin, 27 November 1998, lot 11
Private Collection, Austria (purchased at the above sale)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited
Vienna, Christian M. Nebehay Galerie, Gustav Klimt, 40 auserwählte Zeichnungen, 1960, no. 72, illustrated in the catalogue
Darmstadt, Mathildenhöhe, 3. Internationale der Zeichnung: Sonderausstellung Gustav Klimt und Henri Matisse, 1970, no. 150, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Hamburg, Kunsthalle, Experiment Weltuntergang, Wien um 1900, 1981, no. 44, illustrated in the catalogue
Darmstadt, Mathildenhöhe, 3. Internationale der Zeichnung: Sonderausstellung Gustav Klimt und Henri Matisse, 1970, no. 150, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Hamburg, Kunsthalle, Experiment Weltuntergang, Wien um 1900, 1981, no. 44, illustrated in the catalogue
Literature
Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen 1912-1918, Vienna, 1984, vol. III, no. 2249, illustrated p. 37
Condition
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down. The sheet is affixed to the mount at two points on the verso of the upper edge. There are some minor nicks and light handling marks along all four edges edges, notably towards the upper and lower right hand corners. The sheet is lightly time stained and there are scattered specks of foxing in places. This work is in very good overall condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
'Everything was meant to seem as if these acts were the result of the most natural of drives and as if it were simply the intrinsic condition of woman to be centred on her own sexuality, deep in thought and lost in dreams.' (Rainer Metzger, Gustav Klimt, Drawings & Watercolours, London, 2005, p.76)