Gustav KLIMT (Baumgarten 1862 - Vienne 1918) Lot n° 121

Portrait of a seated woman with her chin resting on her hands Black pencil on buff paper 43,5 x 29,9 cm Signature stamp lower right (L.1575) Traces of wetness on the left edge Provenance: artist's studio, his stamp lower right, partially legible (L.1575) Private collection Exhibition: Wolfgang Gurlitt Gallery, Munich/ H. Shickman, New York/Galerie Coatelem, 2008 Bibliography: A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt: die Zeichnungen, Salzburg, Verlag Galerie Welz, 1989, p.214, no. 730 Related work: The Old Year, January of the calendar illustrated by Gustav Klimt, published in "Ver Sacrum" in 1901. Our study can be compared to the figure in the lower right corner of the winter illustration "Januar" dated 1901. Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Art Nouveau movement and the Vienna Secession. He tackled allegorical subjects as well as nudes, landscapes and large-scale settings. He also designed cartoons for tapestries, mosaics, ceramics and numerous illustrations.