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Lot 164
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Gustav Klimt

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Gustav Klimt
  • BRUSTBILD NACH LINKS (TORSO FACING LEFT)
  • stamped with the Nachlass mark (lower right)
  • pencil on paper

  • 57 by 35.5cm., 22 3/8 by 14in.

Provenance

Erich Lederer, Geneva (acquired by 1956 until at least 1976)
Private Collection, Hessen (acquired by 1995)
Sale: Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 19th June 1998, lot 73
Private Collection, Vienna (acquired in Paris in 2000)

Exhibited

Essen, Museum Folkwang, Gustav Klimt, 1976, no. 95, illustrated in the catalogue (titled as Brustbild eines Mädchens nach links)

Literature

Emil Pirchan, Gustav Klimt, Vienna, 1956, no. 2651, illustrated p. 139 (titled as Porträtstudie)
Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen 1912-1918, Salzburg, 1984, vol. III, no. 2651, illustrated p. 139

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount along the upper edge and to the lower two corners, floating in the mount. There is a very minor crease towards the upper left corner and to the lower edge. There is some slight undulation to the sheet, mainly towards the upper edge and to the lower centre of the right edge. There is some light time staining to the sheet. This work is in good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the printed catalogue, although the paper tone is slightly warmer and brighter in the original.
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