Lot 119
  • 119

Gustav Klimt

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Gustav Klimt
  • KOSTÜMSTUDIE MIT INEINANDER GELEGTEN HÄNDEN, WIEDERHOLUNG DER RECHTEN SEITE (COSTUME STUDY WITH INTERLOCKED HANDS, REPETITION OF THE RIGHT SIDE)
  • coloured crayon on paper
  • 45 by 31cm., 17 3/4 by 12 1/4 in

Provenance

Sale: Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern, 13th-15th June 1974, lot 517
Private Collection, Italy

Literature

Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen 1878-1903, Salzburg, 1980, no. 1150, illustrated p. 319

Condition

Executed on buff-coloured laid paper, not laid down, hinged to the mount in all four corners. There are some spots of discolouration towards the centre of the top edge. There is a small nick to the bottom left corner. Apart from some light handling creases, this work is in good condition.
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