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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)

Kleines aufgestützt liegendes Mädchen, Armstudien

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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Kleines aufgestützt liegendes Mädchen, Armstudien
signed and inscribed by Georg Klimt 'Von Gustav Klimt gezeichnet um 1889 Georg Klimt' (on the reverse)
pencil heightened with chalk on paper
12 3/8 x 17¾in. (31.4 x 45.1cm.)
Drawn circa 1883/84 (2)
Provenance
Georg Klimt (the artist's brohter), Vienna.
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. 3240a (illustrated p. 29).
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Although Georg Klimt dates the work in 1889 on the reverse of the sheet, it is believed that the drawing was executed around 1883-84, when Gustav Klimt did various studies relating to children (A. Strobl, op. cit., p. 28.)

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