ID 1381122
Lot 474 | GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 80 000
Liebespaar nach rechts
with the Nachlass stamp (Lugt 1575; lower left); with the Nachlass stamp again (Lugt 1575; on the reverse)
pencil on paper
14 ½ x 22 in. (36.8 x 55.8 cm.)
Drawn in 1914
Provenance
Serge Sabarsky, New York (nos. 06.1696 & 06.5271), by August 1976, and thence by descent.
Galerie St. Etienne, New York, by whom acquired from the above in April 2022.
Acquired from the above.
Literature
A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt, vol. III, Die Zeichnungen, 1912-1918, Salzburg, 1984, no. 2452, p. 80 (illustrated p. 81).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Octave Negru, 32 Dessins de Gustav Klimt, March - May 1977, no. 7, n.p. (illustrated; titled 'Amants' and dated 1916-1917).
Vienna, Galerie Würthle, Gustav Klimt, Zeichnungen, 1978, no. 73 (no cat.).
Český Krumlov, Egon Schiele Centrum, Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele, May 1996 - May 1997, no. 12, p. 143 (illustrated n.p.).
Lleida, Fundació 'la Caixa', Gustav Klimt, Dibuixos, 1879-1918, September - November 2008, p. 108 (illustrated; titled 'Amants' and with inverted dimensions).
New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Recent Acquisitions, July - October 2010, no. 33, n.p. (titled 'Lovers' and with inverted dimensions).
| Artist: | Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Symbolism |
| Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Symbolism |
| Place of origin: | Austria, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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