Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862-1918) Portrait of a Walking Female Nude, c. 1906

Description:

Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862-1918)

Portrait of a Walking Female Nude, c. 1906
Inscribed "Nachlass meines Bruders Gustav/Hermine Klimt" in ink l.r.
Graphite on paper, sheet size 21 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (55.2 x 34.9 cm),framed.
Condition: Taped to window mat, minor toning.

Provenance: Nachlass Bestätigung Hermine Klimt; private Midwest collection; by family descent to the present owners.

N.B. The present work is one of a series of Schreitenden [walking women] drawn by Klimt in preparation for the Stoclet Palace frieze, which is comprised of different models. This particular long-haired model closely relates to one documented in Alice Strobl's catalogue raisonne as no. 1540. We wish to thank Dr. Marian Bisanz-Prakken of the Albertina Museum for her assistance cataloguing the lot; the work will be included in her forthcoming supplement volume to Strobl's catalogue raisonné of Klimt's drawings.

Estimate $20,000-40,000

Minor staining to edges verso, subtle creases to l.l. corner; minor staining l.c. and to figure's torso measuring less than 1/4 x 1/8 in.; minor acid burn to u.l. and u.r. corners.

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