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Gustav Klimt

Lot 304
Freundinnen, die Unterschenkel mit gemustertem Tuch verdeckt, 1905
Chalks

14.6 x 22.3 in (37.2 x 56.6 cm)

Lot 304
Freundinnen, die Unterschenkel mit gemustertem Tuch verdeckt, 1905
Chalks
14.6 x 22.3 in (37.2 x 56.6 cm)

Estimate:
€ 50,000 - 70,000
Auction: -293 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Jun 10, 2023
Auction number: 539
Auction name: Modern Art

Lot Details
Pencil and black Chalks.
Strobl 1485. Lower right with the estate stamp (Lugt 1575). On off-white Japon. 37.2 x 56.6 cm. , size of sheet. [AM].
- The impressively filigree study was made in context of Klimt's infamous painting "Wasserschlangen II" (Privatbesitz). - With a price of ca. 170 million US-dollar, "Wasserschlangen II" (1904-1907), exhibited at the Belvedere in Vienna until May 29, 2023 , is the most expensive artwork by Klimt ever. - In "Freundinnen, die Unterschenkel mit gemustertem Tuch verdeckt", the artist experiments with the arrangement of the sensuai nymphs and the typical ornamental structures. - The element of water is of particular importance in Gustav Klimt's œuvre. - The female body - partly veiled by a floating cloth - reminds of water and the shape of waves.
The work will be included into the online catalogue raisonné of Gustav Klimt's drawings, compiled by Dr. Elisabeth Dutz, Albertina, Vienna.
LITERATURE: Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt. Die Zeichnungen, vol. II (1904-1912), Salzburg 1982, cat. no. 1485, p. 94 (with illu. p. 95).
Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts, Galerie Pabst, Munich, 1982, cat. no. 53
From the artist's estate. Galerie Pabst, Munich. Serge Sabarsky Collection (1912-1996), New York (acquired in 1984). Serge Sabarsky Estate, New York (1996). Vally Sabarsky Collection (1909-2002), New York. Vally Sabarsky Foundation, New York.
Lot Details
Pencil and black Chalks.
Strobl 1485. Lower right with the estate stamp (Lugt 1575). On off-white Japon. 37.2 x 56.6 cm. , size of sheet. [AM].
- The impressively filigree study was made in context of Klimt's infamous painting "Wasserschlangen II" (Privatbesitz). - With a price of ca. 170 million US-dollar, "Wasserschlangen II" (1904-1907), exhibited at the Belvedere in Vienna until May 29, 2023 , is the most expensive artwork by Klimt ever. - In "Freundinnen, die Unterschenkel mit gemustertem Tuch verdeckt", the artist experiments with the arrangement of the sensuai nymphs and the typical ornamental structures. - The element of water is of particular importance in Gustav Klimt's œuvre. - The female body - partly veiled by a floating cloth - reminds of water and the shape of waves.
The work will be included into the online catalogue raisonné of Gustav Klimt's drawings, compiled by Dr. Elisabeth Dutz, Albertina, Vienna.
LITERATURE: Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt. Die Zeichnungen, vol. II (1904-1912), Salzburg 1982, cat. no. 1485, p. 94 (with illu. p. 95).
Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts, Galerie Pabst, Munich, 1982, cat. no. 53
From the artist's estate. Galerie Pabst, Munich. Serge Sabarsky Collection (1912-1996), New York (acquired in 1984). Serge Sabarsky Estate, New York (1996). Vally Sabarsky Collection (1909-2002), New York. Vally Sabarsky Foundation, New York.

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12 days | Christie's
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145 Étude en rapport avec "Die Freundinnen" , 1916
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