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Two begun studies of a sedentary nude outstretched left arm

Lost Art-ID
585781
Artist / Creator
Klimt, Gustav
Birth
1862.07.14, Baumgarten (Wien)
Death
1918.02.06, Wien
Place of activity
Wien
Title
Two begun studies of a sedentary nude outstretched left arm
Dating
1901/1902
Object type
Drawing
Group of reported objects
Graphic
Material / Technique
Chalk black ; Paper / drawn
Height
45.00 cm
Width
31.00 cm
Description

according to catalogue of works Strobl, no. 3465b: Two begun studies of a sedentary nude outstretched left arm, black chalk. Monogr. lower right: "G.K.", inscribed: "R"; 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; [...]; 21-23 June 1989 Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, auction 202, 2nd part, lot 552c (Studies for the "Arts" of the Beethoven Frieze); whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt. Die Zeichungen, Nr. 3465b (Studien für die "Künste" und "Diesen Kuß der ganzen Welt" Kat.-Nrn. 3464-3468)
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