Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)

Stehend mit erhobenem Unterarmen nach rechts (Studie für die Tänzerin/Die Erwartung)

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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Stehend mit erhobenem Unterarmen nach rechts (Studie für die Tänzerin/Die Erwartung)
pencil on paper
21 ¾ x 14 ¼ in. (55.4 x 36 cm.)
Drawn circa 1907

Provenance

Private collection, Vienna.
Anonymous sale, Kinsky, Vienna, 19 April 2005, lot 67.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt: Die Zeichnungen, vol. II, 1904-1912, Salzburg, 1982, no. 1674, p. 146 (illustrated p. 147).

Exhibited

New York, Shepherd & Derom Galleries, Gustav Klimt: Ten Drawings, May - July 2007, no. 8, p. 20 (illustrated p. 21).

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Lot Essay

The present work is part of a series of fine preparatory drawings for Klimt's mosaic friezes of the main dining room of the Stoclet Palace in Brussels. Commissioned from Josef Hoffmann, one of the leading architects of the Vienna Secession movement, by the banker and art collector Adolphe Stoclet and his wife Suzanne, the building is considered to be an Art Nouveau masterpiece.

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