Stehende, in Tücher gehüllt

Details

GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918)
Stehende, in Tücher gehüllt
with Nachlass stamp (Lugt 1575; on the reverse)
pencil on paper
19 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (50 x 32.2 cm.)
Drawn circa 1917

Provenance

Private collection, Vienna (by 1984).
Private collection, London; sale, Christie's, London, 9 October 1996, lot 124.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Literature

A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt: Die Zeichnungen, 1912-1918, Salzburg, 1984, vol. III, p. 124, no. 2610 (illustrated, p. 125).

Conditions of sale

Lot Essay

The present work is one of several preparatory studies (Strobl, vol. III, nos. 2609-2617 and Strobl, vol. IV, nos. 3696-3697) for Klimt's Bildnis Ria Munk III (1917-1918; Novotny-Dobai, no. 209), which belongs to The Lewis Collection, currently on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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