Lot Essay
Rudolf Zimpel was Gustav Klimt's nephew. His sister Johanna had married Julius Zimpel, an accountant. Their son Julius became the director of the Wiener Werkstätte.
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Adele Bloch-Bauer
Details
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Adele Bloch-Bauer
with the Nachlass stamp 'Nachlass Gustav Klimt Sammlung R. Zimpel' (on the reverse)
pencil on simili Japan paper
22¼ x 14 5/8in. (56.5 x 37.2cm.)
Drawn in 1912
Adele Bloch-Bauer
with the Nachlass stamp 'Nachlass Gustav Klimt Sammlung R. Zimpel' (on the reverse)
pencil on simili Japan paper
22¼ x 14 5/8in. (56.5 x 37.2cm.)
Drawn in 1912
Provenance
Rudolf Zimpel (the artist's nephew), Vienna.
Piccadilly Gallery, London.
Piccadilly Gallery, London.
Literature
A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt die Zeichnungen 1904-1912, vol. II, Salzburg, 1980, no. 2091 (illustrated p. 269).
Exhibited
Vienna, Galerie Christian Nebehay, Gustav Klimt, eine Nachlese, 70 bedeutende Zeichnungen, 1963, no. 44 (illustrated Katalog IV).
Vienna, Galerie Christian Nebehay, Gustav Klimt, 56 Zeichnungen, 1967, no. 38 (illustrated Katalog XI).
Vienna, Galerie Christian Nebehay, Gustav Klimt, 56 Zeichnungen, 1967, no. 38 (illustrated Katalog XI).
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