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Gustav Klimt
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description
- Gustav Klimt
- BRUSTBILD VON VORNE (BUST OF A WOMAN)
stamped with the Nachlass mark (lower right)
- pencil and coloured crayons on paper
- 56.7 by 37cm., 22 3/8 by 14 5/8 in.
Provenance
Gustav Nebehay, Vienna (acquired by 1919)
Sale: Dorotheum, Vienna, 25th November 2008, lot 2
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Vienna, Gustav Nebehay, Die Zeichnungen. Gustav Klimt, 1919, no. 188, illustrated in the catalogue
Literature
Hermann Bahr, Gustav Klimt, 50 Handzeichnungen, Leipzig & Vienna, 1922, illustrated
Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen, 1912-1918, Salzburg, 1984, vol. III, no. 2704, illustrated p. 147
Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen, 1912-1918, Salzburg, 1984, vol. III, no. 2704, illustrated p. 147
Condition
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount at all four corners and to the centre of all edges, floating in the mount. There are two minor areas of paper skinning with associated infill in the upper left quadrant and a tiny spot of paper loss with associated infill to the lower bust of the figure. Apart from some minor handling marks, mainly towards all four corners and some light time staining to the edges, this work is in good condition.
Colours: The paper tone is slightly warmer in the original than in the catalogue illustration.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
'I have never painted a self-portrait. I am less interested in myself as a subject for a painting than I am in other people, above all women...There is nothing special about me. I am a painter who paints day after day from morning to night...Who ever wants to know something about me... ought to look carefully at my pictures.'
Gustav Klimt quoted in Frank Whitford, Gustav Klimt, London, 1990, p. 18