Lot 58
  • 58

Gustav Klimt

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Gustav Klimt
  • FEMME ASSISE (Mit aufgestütztem Kinn nach rechts sitzend)
  • porte le cachet de la signature Gustav Klimt Nachlass (en bas à droite)
  • crayon sur papier
  • 56,6 x 37,4 cm
  • 22 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.

Provenance

Succession de l'artiste
Helene Donner, Vienne (nièce de l'artiste)
Galerie Christian M. Nebehay, Vienne (confié par la précédente)
Collection particulière, France (acquis du précédent en 1963)

Exhibited

Vienne, Galerie Christian M. Nebehay, 1963, no. 58

Literature

Fritz Novotny & Johannes Dobai, Gustav Klimt, Salzberg, 1967; 2ème édition 1975, p. 363
Alice Strobl, Gustave Klimt, Die Zeichnvngen, vol. III : 1912-1918, Salzbourg, 1984, no. 2524, reproduit p. 103

Condition

Please note that measurements in inches are incomplete in the printed catalogue and should read 22 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. Executed on cream wove paper laid down on board. Apart from a 1 by 0.50 cm media mark (possibly ink) in the lower left corner and a general time discoloration of the sheet, this work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

stamped 'Gustav Klimt Nachlass' (lower right), pencil on paper. Executed circa 1916.

Ce dessin est une étude préparatoire pour le portrait de Friederike Maria Beer.