Gustav Klimt (Wien 1862-1918) Lot n° 1

(Vienna 1862–1918) “Altar des Dionysos”, 1886, study for the ceiling painting in the southern staircase (tympanum) of the Burgtheater (Novotny – Dobai no. 40, Weidinger no. 62, Natter no. 59), signed Gustav Klimt, oil on canvas, 32 x 158 cm, framed This work is under monument protection. Two loan contracts are already in place for this work with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam (October 2022 – January 2023) and the Belvedere in Vienna (February 2023 – June 2023). If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Rafael Schwarz at rafael.schwarz@dorotheum.at or +43 1 515 60-405. Fritz Novotny/Johannes Dobai. Gustav Klimt, Verlag Galerie Welz, 1967, p. 287, no. 35 (with ill.) Alfred Weidinger, Gustav Klimt, Prestel Verlag, 2007, p. 245, no. 62 (with ill.) Tobias G. Natter, Gustav Klimt. Sämtliche Gemälde, Taschen Verlag, Cologne 2012, no. 59 Exhibited: Neue Galerie Landesmuseum Joanneum, Gedächtnis-Ausstellung aus Anlass des 100. Geburtstages von Gustav Klimt, Graz 1962, no. 1 Klimt und die Ringstraße. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna 2015 Klimt und die Antike. Erotische Begegnungen, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna 2017 Provenance: Eduard Palmer (1843–1914), Vienna Sale Dorotheum, Vienna, estate sale collection Palmer, 1 December 1915, lot 89 Sale Albert Kende, Vienna, 11 December 1918, lot 252 (?) Sale Dorotheum, Vienna, 10 October 1929, lot 28 Sale Dorotheum, Vienna, 12 May 1933, lot 543 (?) Dr. Franz Strafella (1891–1968), Graz, Schloß Oberandritz Private Collection, Vienna Acquired in the early 1970ies Our thanks to to Dr. Tobias G.Natter for the numerous bibliographical references. Literature: N. N., VermischteNachrichten. Wien, in: Kunstchronik. Zeitschrift für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe, Leipzig, vol. 22 (1886/87), column 132 Alfred Nossig, Die künstlerische Ausschmückung des neuen Burgtheaters, in: Allgemeine Kunst-Chroni