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Sketch of the philosophy (composition draft)

Lost Art-ID

592009

Artist / Creator

Klimt, Gustav

Birth

1862.07.14, Baumgarten (Wien)

Death

1918.02.06, Wien

Place of activity

Wien

Title

Sketch of the philosophy (composition draft)

Dating

1898

Object type

Painting

Group of reported objects

Painting

Material / Technique

Oil ; Canvas / painted

Description

after Weidinger, No 117: Philosophy (compositional design), dated 1898, format: unknown, technique: oil on canvas, or r. U.: "GUSTAV / KLIMT" , Provenance: O. Miethke, Vienna; August and Serena Lederer, Vienna (erw, 1905); Erich Lederer, Geneva;

exhibitions: Vienna (Neue Galerie, XXIII. exhibition) 1926 (without Cat.}; Vienna (Secession) 1936, No. 3a

Provenance

Collection August and Serena Lederer, Vienna (1940); confiscated by Gestapo and "sichergestellt", officially burned at Immendorf Castle, Lower Austria, on 8 May 1945, looting cannot be excluded

Literature / Source

BDA Wien Restitutionsmaterialien Karton 9 Sammlung Lederer, Liste der sichergestellten Kunstgegenstände vom 20.11.1940 Nr. 97;

Sophie Lillie, Was einmal war, 2003, August und Serena Lederer, Liste der sichergestellten Kunstgegenstände Nr. 97

; Alfred Weidinger, Gustav Klimt, 2007, Werksverzeichnis-Nr. 117; Pirchan 1942, S. 40; Strobl 1964, S. 142-144; Novotny/Dobai, 1967, Kat.-Nr. 87; Comini, 1975, S. 21; Partsch, 1990, S. 128-140; Whitford, 1990, S. 49-65; Fliedll 1991, S. 77-88; Kury 2000, S.141-193; Natter, 2003/2004, S. 249, Nr. 32; Strobl, 2006, S. 28-47

Published since

09.10.2020

Contact

Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.