Lot 149
  • 149

Gustav Klimt

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gustav Klimt
  • Damenbrustbild im Dreiviertelprofil Nach Links (Bust of a Woman in three-quarter profile to the left)
  • stamped with the Nachlass mark (lower right)
  • pencil on paper
  • 55.2 by 35cm., 21 3/4 by 13 1/3 in.

Provenance

Johanna Zimpel, Vienna
Prof Dr Rudolf Leopold, Vienna
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987

Exhibited

Cologne, Reinhallen, Art Cologne, 1985
Vienna, Galerie Wuerthle, Gustav Klimt, Zeichnungen, 1986, no. 45

Literature

Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen 1878-1918, Salzburg, 1989, vol. IV, no. 3553, illustrated p. 143

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, and hinged to the mount in two places at the upper edge. The sheet is slightly time-stained and the lower two corners are slightly discoloured. There are a few very minor foxing spots in places. Otherwise, this work is in overall very good condition. Colours: fairly accurate in the printed catalogue, though overall the paper tone is slightly less pink in the original.
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