Gustav Klimt, Halbakt einer nach links stehenden Frau (Standing Semi-Nude to the Left)

Property of American Filmmaker John Hughes
Gustav Klimt
1862 - 1918
Halbakt einer nach links stehenden Frau (Standing Semi-Nude to the Left)

Stamped with the Nachlass mark and inscribed zu klein (toward lower right)
Pencil on paper
22 1/4 by 14 1/2 in. (56.5 by 36.8 cm)
Framed: 33 1/8 by 25 in. (84.1 by 63.5 cm)
Executed circa 1917-18.

Condition Report:
This work is in very good condition. Executed on cream wove paper. The sheet is hinged at the upper left and upper right corners of its verso. "H" inscribed by another hand in the lower right corner. Minor handling creases to all four corners, with an additional flattened crease extending across the upper right corner. A few minor scattered stains. A few dime-sized areas of skinning to the sheet, most notably near the sitter's chest and above the sitter's head. These are possibly inherent to the artist's process. Otherwise, fine.

Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Fischer Fine Art Ltd., London
Sale: Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, June 17, 1987, lot 88
Helen Serger (La Boetie, Inc.), New York
Meyers Bloom Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above on October 20, 1988