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Reclining lovers
Lost Art-ID
585778
Artist
Klimt, Gustav
Birth
1862.07.14, Baumgarten (Wien)
Death
1918.02.06, Wien
Place of activity
Wien
Title
Reclining lovers
Datierung
1901/1902
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
black crayon : paper / drawn
Height
31.60 cm
Width
44.70 cm
Description
according to Strobl's catalogue of works, no. 3464: Reclining lovers, black chalk. 316 : 447; inscribed: "R" (the designation "R" indicates that the sheet is related to the studies for the Beethoven Frieze); private property; Beethoven Frieze 1902 (Novotny-Dobai no. 127) and "Goldfishes" 1901/02 (Novotny-Dobai no. 124)
300 draft sketches were sold to August Lederer in 1915 together with the Beethoven Frieze from Reininghaus, and most of them bear the monogram "R" for the Reininghaus Collection.
Holding
300-400 Bleistift-Zeichnungen von Gustav Klimt
Provenance
Collection August und Serena Lederer, Vienna, Bartensteingasse 8; March 1938 confiscation by Gestapo from Serena Lederer's apartment; [...]; private collection
Verlustgeschichte
Wien / Beschlagnahme, Vienna, März 1938
Literature / Source
Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt. Die Zeichungen, Nr. 3464 (Studien für die "Künste" und "Diesen Kuß der ganzen Welt" Kat.-Nrn. 3464-3468)
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Contact
Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.
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