Gustav Klimt (Wien 1862 - 1918 Wien) (Wien 1862 ...

Gustav Klimt

(Wien 1862 - 1918 Wien)

„Bust Portrait of a drawing Man in three-quarter Profile from the Right“
c. 1879
black chalk, heightened with white on paper; framed
44.5 x 32.2 cm
inscribed on the bottom edge: Gezeichnet von meinem Bruder Gustav / Hermine Klimt / Meiner lieben Freundin Adele Seitz gewiedmet

Provenance

foremerly Hermine Klimt, Vienna;
Adele Seitz (dedication);
Ludwig Seitz;
Christian M. Nebehay, Vienna;
private property, Vienna

Literature

Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt. Die Zeichnungen 1878-1903, vol. I, Salzburg 1980, no. 31, plate p. 14 and ill. p. 25

Reserve Price: € 25.000 +fees +if applicable Droit de Suite
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