Lot Essay
Dated by the artist's brother 'um 1890', the work is related by A. Strobl to the oil painting Philosophie (op. cit., p. 80). The present drawing is a study for the falling female in the painting.
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Zwei Akstudien
Details
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Zwei Akstudien
signed, inscribed and dated by Georg Klimt 'Von Gustav Klimt gezeichnet (um 1890) Georg Klimt' (on the reverse)
charcoal on paper
17 7/8 x 12¼in. (45.3 x 31cm.)
Drawn circa 1900-07
Zwei Akstudien
signed, inscribed and dated by Georg Klimt 'Von Gustav Klimt gezeichnet (um 1890) Georg Klimt' (on the reverse)
charcoal on paper
17 7/8 x 12¼in. (45.3 x 31cm.)
Drawn circa 1900-07
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. 3364 (illustrated p. 81).
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