GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918) Birch Forest
GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918)
Birch Forest
signed ‘GUSTAV KLIMT’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
43 3/8 x 43 1/4 in. (110.1 x 109.8 cm.)
Painted in 1903
Provenance
Adele and Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, Vienna (acquired from the artist).
Seized by the Viennese Magistrate, May 1938 (following the Nazi Anschluss of March 1938).
With Dr. Erich Führer, Vienna (the state-appointed administrator for Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer).
Städtische Sammlung, Vienna (acquired from the above, November 1942).
Österreichische Galerie, Vienna (transferred from the above, 1948).
Restituted to the heirs of Adele and Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer by the Republic of Austria, March 2006; sale, Christie's, New York, 8 November 2006, lot 51 (world auction record for the artist at the time of sale).
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
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GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918)
Birch Forest
signed ‘GUSTAV KLIMT’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
43 3/8 x 43 1/4 in. (110.1 x 109.8 cm.)
Painted in 1903
Provenance
Adele and Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, Vienna (acquired from the artist).
Seized by the Viennese Magistrate, May 1938 (following the Nazi Anschluss of March 1938).
With Dr. Erich Führer, Vienna (the state-appointed administrator for Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer).
Städtische Sammlung, Vienna (acquired from the above, November 1942).
Österreichische Galerie, Vienna (transferred from the above, 1948).
Restituted to the heirs of Adele and Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer by the Republic of Austria, March 2006; sale, Christie's, New York, 8 November 2006, lot 51 (world auction record for the artist at the time of sale).
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
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Time, Location
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