Gustav Klimt

Kopf des Wohlgerusteten Starken Ornament und verweifelter, kiender, nackter Mann (Head of well-armored, strong man, ornament and desperate, kneeling, naked man)

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June 16, 04:58 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

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Property from a West Coast Collector

Gustav Klimt

1862 - 1918

Kopf des Wohlgerusteten Starken Ornament und verweifelter, kiender, nackter Mann (Head of well-armored, strong man, ornament and desperate, kneeling, naked man)

Signed with the initials G.K. (lower center); inscribed R (lower right)

Pencil and black chalk on paper

18 by 12 in. (45.7 by 30.5 cm)

Framed: 30 ¾ by 25 in. (78.1 by 63.5 cm)

Carl Reininghaus, Vienna (acquired from the artist)
Fay Shwayder, Denver
Acquired in New York in 2007

Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen 1878-1903, Salzburg, 1980, vol. I, no. 766, illustrated p. 233

Vienna, Christian M. Nebehay, 1974, no. 14, illustrated in the catalogue