Lot Essay
The present drawing relates to a series of studies executed by Klimt for his celebrated canvas Die Jungfrau of 1913 (Novotny & Dobai, no. 184), housed today in Národní Galerie in Prague.
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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTOR
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Stehender Rückenakt etwas nach links
Details
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Stehender Rückenakt etwas nach links
signed 'GUSTAV KLIMT' (lower left)
pencil on paper
22 ¼ x 14 ½ in. (56.5 x 37 cm.)
Drawn circa 1913
Stehender Rückenakt etwas nach links
signed 'GUSTAV KLIMT' (lower left)
pencil on paper
22 ¼ x 14 ½ in. (56.5 x 37 cm.)
Drawn circa 1913
Provenance
Private collection, Austria, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 11 October 2001, lot 14.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen, Vol. IV, Nachtrag, 1878 - 1918, Salzburg, 1989, no. 3653, p. 178 (illustrated p. 179).
Brought to you by
Annie Wallington
The present drawing relates to a series of studies executed by Klimt for his celebrated canvas Die Jungfrau of 1913 (Novotny & Dobai, no. 184), housed today in Národní Galerie in Prague.