Lot Essay
The present work is a study for Nike mit Blumen von vorne (Strobl, no. 2030), which Klimt executed in 1911 in honor of Otto Wagner's 70th birthday.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ORANGE BLOSSOM COLLECTION
GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918)
Akt mit erhobenen Unterarmen
Details
GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918)
Akt mit erhobenen Unterarmen
pencil on paper
22 ¼ x 14 5⁄8 in. (56.6 x 37.2 cm.)
Drawn in 1911
Akt mit erhobenen Unterarmen
pencil on paper
22 ¼ x 14 5⁄8 in. (56.6 x 37.2 cm.)
Drawn in 1911
Provenance
Piccadilly Gallery, London (by 1973).
Private collection (acquired from the above, 1975).
Anon. (acquired from the above, 2005); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 6 May 2009, lot 190A.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection (acquired from the above, 1975).
Anon. (acquired from the above, 2005); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 6 May 2009, lot 190A.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt: Die Zeichnungen, 1904-1912, Salzburg, 1982, vol. II, p. 252, no. 2027 (illustrated, p. 253).
Exhibited
London, The Piccadilly Gallery, Gustav Klimt, October-November 1973, no. 57 (illustrated).
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