Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)

Studie einer alten Frau

Details

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Studie einer alten Frau
signed with the monogram 'GK' (lower right)
pencil on paper
17 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (44.6 x 31.6 cm.)
Drawn before 1903

Provenance

Berta Zuckerkandl-Szeps, Vienna/Paris.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 20 June 2006, lot 22.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Lot Essay

This drawing will be published by Marian Bisanz Prakken, Albertina, Vienna in her forthcoming supplement volume of the catalogue raisonné of the drawings by Gustav Klimt, edited by Alice Strobl.

According to Marian Bisanz Prakken, this drawing belongs to a group of studies Gustav Klimt made for the painting Medizin (Novotny/Dobai 112), which was first exhibited in 1903.

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