ID 1164132
Lot 263 | GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
Frauenakt bis zur Hüfte, mit geneigtem Kopf (recto); Kostümstudie (verso)
with the Nachlass inscription 'Nachlass meines Bruders Gustav Hermine Klimt' (recto; lower right)
pencil on paper (recto and verso)
22 1⁄8 x 14 ½ in. (56.2 x 37 cm.)
Drawn in 1917-1918 (recto); drawn in 1916 (verso)
Provenance
Hermine Klimt [the artist’s sister], Vienna, by descent from the artist.
Dr Robert Rieger, New York.
Galerie St. Etienne, New York, on consignment from the above in 1981.
Acquired from the above in May 1986, and thence by descent.
Literature
A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt, vol. IV, Die Zeichnungen, Nachtrag, 1878-1918, Salzburg, 1989, no. 3720a, p. 202 (recto illustrated p. 203) & no. 3689b, p. 190 (verso illustrated p. 191).
Exhibited
New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Gustav Klimt, Drawings and Selected Paintings, September - November 1983, no. 54, n.p. (titled 'Female Nude with Closed Eyes' & 'Costume study', with incorrect dimensions).
New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Expressionists on Paper, October - November 1985, no. 31, n.p. (titled 'Female Nude with Closed Eyes' & 'Costume study').
| Artist: | Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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