Lot #536: GUSTAV KLIMT - Porträt einer Frau - Pencil drawing on paper

 

Artist: Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862 - 1918).
Title: "Porträt einer Frau".
Medium: Pencil drawing on paper.
Date: Composed c1912-1914.
Dimensions: Overall size: 11 5/16 x 8 3/4 in. (287 x 222 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower right recto; numbers/letters in blue-green pencil, upper right corner recto; collector ink stamps, verso. Drawn on pale cream wove paper. Good to very good condition; right edge unevenly trimmed; scattered foxing; crease lower left corner; a few minor handling dimples. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to: [email protected] for complete provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. He is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. His primary subject was the female body and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. [30506-2-16000]