Lot Essay
This work is a study for the central figure in Die Braut, painted in 1917-1918.
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PROPERTY FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF LINDA EVANS
GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918)
Kopf und Schultern einer Frau nach links geneigt
Details
GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918)
Kopf und Schultern einer Frau nach links geneigt
with Nachlass inscription 'Nachlass meines Bruders Gustav Hermine Klimt' (lower right)
pencil and red wax crayon on paper
22 x 14 1⁄8 in. (56 x 36.2 cm.)
Drawn circa 1917-1918
Kopf und Schultern einer Frau nach links geneigt
with Nachlass inscription 'Nachlass meines Bruders Gustav Hermine Klimt' (lower right)
pencil and red wax crayon on paper
22 x 14 1⁄8 in. (56 x 36.2 cm.)
Drawn circa 1917-1918
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Hermine Klimt, Vienna (sister of the artist).
Gerhardt Frankl, Vienna.
Private collection; sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 April 1987, lot 325.
Private collection, United States (acquired at the above sale).
Gift from the above to the present owner.
Hermine Klimt, Vienna (sister of the artist).
Gerhardt Frankl, Vienna.
Private collection; sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 April 1987, lot 325.
Private collection, United States (acquired at the above sale).
Gift from the above to the present owner.
Literature
A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt: Die Zeichnungen, 1912-1918, Salzburg, 1984, vol. III, p. 226, no. 3401 (illustrated).
A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt: Die Zeichnungen, 1878-1918, Nachtrag, Salzburg, 1989, vol. IV, p. 208, no. 3736 (illustrated, p. 209).
A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt: Die Zeichnungen, 1878-1918, Nachtrag, Salzburg, 1989, vol. IV, p. 208, no. 3736 (illustrated, p. 209).
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