Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)

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Details

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Aufgestüzt sitzend
black chalk on paper
17 3/8 x 12¼ in. (41.4 x 31.1 cm.)
Drawn in 1901

Provenance

Rudolph Zimpel, Vienna.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 27 October 2005, lot 25.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen 1878-1903, Salzberg, 1980, vol. I, p. 162, no. 508 (illustrated, p. 163).

Exhibited

Vienna, Christian M. Nebehay, Gustav Klimt, 1962, no. 25a.
Salzburg, Galerie Welz, 1964, no. 17.

Lot Essay

The present work is a study for Klimt's portrait of Rose von Rosthorn-Friedmann, a Viennese aristrocrat who was renowned not only for her ethereal beauty but her extreme intelligence.

(fig. 1) Gustav Klimt, Bildnis Rose von Rosthorn-Friedmann, 1900-1901. Location unknown. BARCODE: 25011128

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