Lot Essay
According to Alice Strobl, the present work is a study for Klimt's seminal work Bildnis Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907, now in the Neue Galerie, New York.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Dame mit Hut von vorne (Bildnis Adele Bloch-Bauer)
Details
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Dame mit Hut von vorne (Bildnis Adele Bloch-Bauer)
charcoal on paper
17 3/4 x 12 1/2 (45 x 31.8 cm.)
Drawn in 1903
Dame mit Hut von vorne (Bildnis Adele Bloch-Bauer)
charcoal on paper
17 3/4 x 12 1/2 (45 x 31.8 cm.)
Drawn in 1903
Provenance
Galerie Welz, Salzburg.
Paolo Barozzi, Venice, by whom acquired from the above in the early 1970s.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Paolo Barozzi, Venice, by whom acquired from the above in the early 1970s.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt: Die Zeichnungen, vol. I, 1878-1903, Salzburg, 1980, no. 1055, p. 304 (illustrated p. 305).
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