Lot 343
  • 343

GUSTAV KLIMT | Mädchen nach links, das Gesicht im Dreiviertelprofil zum Betrachter (Girl Turned to the Left, her Face in a Three-Quarter Profile to the Viewer)

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gustav Klimt
  • Mädchen nach links, das Gesicht im Dreiviertelprofil zum Betrachter (Girl Turned to the Left, her Face in a Three-Quarter Profile to the Viewer)
  • stamped with the Nachlass Stamp (lower right)
  • black crayon on paper
  • 44.4 by 32.5cm., 17 1/4 by 12 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1898.

Provenance

Erich Lederer, Vienna
Piccadilly Gallery, London (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, London (acquired from the above in 1973)
Private Collection, Hamburg
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

London, Piccadilly Gallery, Gustav Klimt, 1973, no. 1, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen, 1878-1903, Salzburg, 1980, vol. I, no. 365, illustrated p. 121

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and hinged to the mount at two places along the upper edge. The sheet is time stained and there is further staining to the extreme edges, not visible when framed. There are two areas of discoloration, possibly due to water damage to the figure's dress in the lower register. There is a flattened crease in the upper right corner. A few minor spots of foxing, predominately to the background of the composition. This work is in overall good condition.
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