Gustav Klimt
Halbakt von vorne, nach links liegend
1917/18.
Pencil drawing.
Strobl 3058. With a barely legible estate stamp to the lower right (faded, Lugt 1575 ). On off-white Japon. 56.3 x 37.2 cm (22.1 x 14.6 in), size of sheet. [CH].
• Study for the right figure in the monumental painting "Die Braut" (Belvedere Vienna).
• "Die Braut" is one of the most expressive key works by the artist, who died in 1918.
• Document of the mutual inspiration between Gustav Klimt and his former student Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
• Other preliminary drawings for "Die Braut" are in the collections of, among others, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C. and the Albertina in Vienna
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The work will be included into the online catalogue raisonné of Gustav Klimt"s drawings, compiled by Dr. Elisabeth Dutz, Albertina, Vienna.