Lot 152
  • 152

GUSTAV KLIMT | Halbakt, die rechte Hand auf die Schulter gelegt (Nude with Right Hand on Shoulder)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gustav Klimt
  • Halbakt, die rechte Hand auf die Schulter gelegt (Nude with Right Hand on Shoulder)
  • pencil on paper
  • 56.8 by 37cm., 22 1/4 by 14 1/2 in.
  • Drawn circa 1914-15.

Provenance

Christian M. Nebehay, Vienna
Dr Istvan Schlégl, Zurich
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 1971)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt. Die Zeichnungen 1912-1918, Salzburg, 1984, vol. III, no. 2411, illustrated p. 73

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and attached to the mount at two places along the upper edge. There are remnants of tape to the upper edge of the verso. The sheet is slightly time-stained. There is a diagonal flattened crease running from the centre of the right edge to the right part of the upper edge (approx. 23cm long) and some further small flattened creases across the composition. There are some spots of foxing in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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