Lot 176
  • 176

Gustav Klimt

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

Description

  • Gustav Klimt
  • STEHENDE DAME VON VORNE, MIT GEMUSTERTEM KLEID (STANDING LADY FRONTAL VIEW, WITH PATTERNED DRESS)
  • pencil on paper
  • 57 by 37.4cm., 22 3/8 by 14 3/4 in.

Provenance

Galerie Wolfgang Gurlitt, Munich
Galleria Il Levante, Milan
Galleria d'Arte Galatea, Milan (acquired by 1962)
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1960

Exhibited

Milan, Galleria d'Arte Galatea, 1962, no. 12

Literature

Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen, 1912-1918, Salzburg, 1984, vol. III, no. 2564, illustrated p. 109

Condition

Executed on buff-coloured wove paper, not laid down, T-hinged to the mount at the top two corners. There are two strips of glue residue to the centre of the top and bottom edges from previous mounting. Apart from time staining to the centre of the sheet and a few light flattened creases, in particular to the upper left and the lower right corners, this work is in good condition.
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