Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
signed and dated 'Gustav Klimt 3/4 1879.' (lower right)
pencil with white heightening on blue paper
16¼ x 10 7/8 in. (41.3 x 27.6 cm.)
Drawn 3 April 1879
Provenance
Dr. Reinhold Sternat, Vienna.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 2000.
Lot Essay
Marian Bisanz-Prakken, of the Albertina, Vienna, will include this drawing in the supplement volume to Alice Strobl's catalogue raisonné of Gustav Klimt drawings.