Lot 422
  • 422

Gustav Klimt

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description

  • Gustav Klimt
  • Liegender Halbakt Nach Rechts (half-nude reclining to the right)
  • Stamped Gustav Klimt Nachlass (on the verso)
  • Pencil on paper
  • 14 5/8 by 21 5/8 in.
  • 37.1 by 54.9 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, New York

Exhibited

Paris, Salle Saint Jean—L'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, Gustave Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele: Dessins et Aquarelles, 1984, no. 24, illustrated in the catalogue
Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen & Ceský Krumlov, Egon Schiele Art Centrum, Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele: Dessins et Aquarelles, 1995-96

Literature

Alfred Werner, Gustav Klimt: One Hundred Drawings, New York, 1972, no. 85, illustrated pl. 85
Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen, 1912-1918, vol. III, Salzburg, 1984, no. 2404, illustrated p. 71

Condition

Work is in excellent condition. Executed on cream wove paper. Hinged to mat at upper corners on verso and affixed at one point at the lower right corner. Very minor spots of surface dirt around upper right corner, otherwise fine.
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