Lot Essay
A. Strobl suggests this drawing was executed in relation to the painting Die Braut of 1917-18, N.-D. no. 222 (op. cit., p. 202).
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Stehender Akt
Details
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Stehender Akt
signed and inscribed by Georg Klimt 'von Gustav Klimt gezeichnet (letzte Zeit) Georg Klimt' (on the reverse)
pencil on simili Japan paper
22½ x 14¾in. (57 x 37.2cm.)
Drawn circa 1917-1918
Stehender Akt
signed and inscribed by Georg Klimt 'von Gustav Klimt gezeichnet (letzte Zeit) Georg Klimt' (on the reverse)
pencil on simili Japan paper
22½ x 14¾in. (57 x 37.2cm.)
Drawn circa 1917-1918
Provenance
Georg Klimt (the artist's brother), Vienna.
Acquired from the above by the grandfather of the present owner in 1927.
Acquired from the above by the grandfather of the present owner in 1927.
Literature
A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen 1878-1918, vol. IV, Salzburg, 1989, no. 3715 (illustrated p. 203).
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