Gustav Klimt, Sitzende von vorne (Studie für “Judith II”), (seated woman from the front, Study for “Judith II”), 1908

Gustav Klimt

Sitzende von vorne (Studie für “Judith II”), (seated woman from the front, Study for “Judith II”), 1908

Pencil, red and blue coloured pencil with white heightening

56 x 37cm

signed GUSTAV KLIMT, on the reverse inscribed E.L. Geneve (Erich Lederer) and with his notes on exhibitions, numbered twice 086, pencil

August (1857–1936) und Serena (1867–1943) Lederer, Vienna Erich Lederer (1896–1985)

Vienna & Geneva until after 1982

Private Collection, Austria

Dorotheum, 22/05/2024, lot 1

Acquired from the above

London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Austrian painting and sculpture 1900–1960, 4 May – 4 June 1960, cat. no. 71

Brussels, Palais des Beaux Arts, Art Autrichien du Vingtieme Siecle, April – May 1961, cat. no. 92

Vienna, Albertina, Gustav Klimt. Zeichnungen, Gedächtnisausstellung, 16 October – 16 December 1962, cat. no. 69, plate 13

Essen, Museum Folkwang, Gustav Klimt. Zeichnungen aus Albertina und Privatbesitz, 30 January – 14 March 1976, cat. no. 67, ill. p. 14

Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt. Die Zeichnungen, 1904–1912, vol. II, Verlag der Galerie Welz, Salzburg 1982, no. 1700, fullpage ill. p. II

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