Gustav Klimt

(Vienna 1862–1918)
Seated nude crouching on a daybed, 1908/09, study in connection with the woman of the couple in the painting “Tod und Leben”, 1910/11 (Novotny-Dobai no. 183/Weidinger
no. 206), stamp: ”Gustav Klimt Nachlass”, pencil on paper, 56.5 x 37.2 cm, framed

Alice Strobl, Die Zeichnungen 1904–1912, p. 208, no. 1861, p. 209 ill. – there with different measurements

In December 2018 Dr. Marian Bisanz-Prakken examined this drawing in the original and confirmed that it is identical to Strobl no. 1861.

Illustrated in:
Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern, stock catalogue 61, Gustav Klimt, Exhibition 30.11.1957–4.1.1958, no. 33
This drawing in stock catalogue 61 is also listed in Novotny-Dobai, Gustav Klimt, Verlag Galerie Welz, 1967 on p. 357

The oil painting is in possession of Leopold Museum Vienna

Provenance:
Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern, 1958, stock catalogue no. 61, lot 33
Private Collection, Italy, since 1974