Lot Essay
A. Strobl suggests this work has been executed as a study for the seated nude to the upper right in the painting Die Jungfrau of 1913, Novotny-Dobai no. 184 (op. cit., p. 178).
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Sitzender Halbakt von vorne, den Kopf nach links gewendet
Details
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Sitzender Halbakt von vorne, den Kopf nach links gewendet
signed and inscribed by Georg Klimt 'Von Gustav Klimt gezeichnet (letzte Zeit) Georg Klimt' (on the reverse)
pencil on simili Japan paper
22¼ x 14½in. (56.7 x 37cm.)
Drawn circa 1913
Sitzender Halbakt von vorne, den Kopf nach links gewendet
signed and inscribed by Georg Klimt 'Von Gustav Klimt gezeichnet (letzte Zeit) Georg Klimt' (on the reverse)
pencil on simili Japan paper
22¼ x 14½in. (56.7 x 37cm.)
Drawn circa 1913
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. 3657 (illustrated p. 179).
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