Gustav Klimt

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Description

Gustav Klimt
ZWEI STUDIEN EINES SITZENDEN RÜCKENACKTES MIT LANGEM HAAR (TWO STUDIES OF A SEATED NUDE FROM BEHIND WITH LONG HAIR)
signed Gustav Klimt (towards lower centre)
charcoal on paper
31.5 by 45.3cm., 12 3/8 by 17 7/8 in.

Provenance

Carl Reininghaus, Vienna (acquired from the artist in 1903)
August Lederer, Vienna & Györ, Hungary (acquired from the above in 1915)
Erich Lederer, Vienna, Györ & Geneva (by descent from the above; until 1985)
Acquired by the present owner in 1985

Exhibited

Vienna, Secession, 99. Ausstellung der Vereinigung bildender Künstler Wiener Sezession, Klimt-Gedächtnis-Ausstellung, 1928, detail illustrated in the catalogue
Essen, Museum Folkwang, Gustav Klimt, Zeichnungen aus Albertina - und Privatbesitz, 1976, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Christian M. Nebehay, Gustav Klimt Dokumentation, Vienna, 1969, illustrated p. 365
Werner Hofmann, Gustav Klimt und die Wiener Jahrhundertwende, Salzburg, 1970, illustrated pl. VI
Otto Breicha, Gustav Klimt. Die goldene Pforte. Werk - Wesen - Wirkung. Bilder und Schriften zu Leben und Werk, Bremen, 1978, illustrated p. 26
Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen 1878 - 1903, Salzburg, 1980, no. 862, illustrated p. 251

Catalogue Note

The present two studies are preparatory drawings for Gustav Klimt’s stunning painting Goldfisch of 1901-02 which is now located in the Kunstmuseum in Solothurn in Switzerland. They are characterised by the beautiful line describing a nude from behind with wavy hair and alluring curves.