Gustav Klimt

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Description

Gustav Klimt
SITZENDER FRAUENAKT NACH LINKS (SEATED FEMALE NUDE FROM THE LEFT)
signed G.K. (towards lower left)
charcoal on paper
44.7 by 31.7cm., 17 5/8 by 12 1/2 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

Literature

Marian Bisanz-Prakken, Der Beethovenfries. Geschichte, Funktion und Bedeutung, Frankfurt, 1977, no. 33, illustrated p. 54
Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen 1878 - 1903, Salzburg, 1980, no. 811, illustrated p. 241