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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 10, 2023 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Modern Art Day Sale | 304 | Estimates not disclosed | Freundinnen, die Unterschenkel mit gemustertem Tuch verdeckt |
Works on Paper
37.2 x 56.6 cm (14.65 x 22.28 in)
Pencil and blackChalks
Lower right with the estate stamp (Lugt 1575)
From the artist"s estate. Galerie Pabst, Munich. Serge Sabarsky Collection (1912-1996), New York (acquired in 1984). Serge Sabarsky Estate, New York (1996). Vally Sabarsky Collection (1909-2002), New York. Vally Sabarsky Foundation, New York.
Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts, Galerie Pabst, Munich, 1982, cat. no. 53.
Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt. Die Zeichnungen, vol. II (1904-1912), Salzburg 1982, cat. no. 1485, p. 94 (with illu. p. 95).
Freundinnen, die Unterschenkel mit gemustertem Tuch verdeckt . 1905/06. Pencil and blackChalks. Strobl 1485. Lower right with the estate stamp (Lugt 1575). On off-white Japon. 37.2 x 56.6 cm (14.6 x 22.2 in), size of sheet. [AM]. • The impressively filigree study was made in context of Klimt"s infamous painting "Wasserschlangen II" (Privatbesitz). • With a price of ca. 170 million US-dollar, "Wasserschlangen II" (1904-1907), exhibited at the Belvedere in Vienna until May 29, 2023 , is the most expensive artwork by Klimt ever. • In " Freundinnen, die Unterschenkel mit gemustertem Tuch verdeckt ", the artist experiments with the arrangement of the sensual nymphs and the typical ornamental structures. • The element of water is of particular importance in Gustav Klimt"s œuvre. • The female body - partly veiled by a floating cloth - reminds of water and the shape of waves . The work will be included into the online catalogue raisonné of Gustav Klimt"s drawings, compiled by Dr. Elisabeth Dutz, Albertina, Vienna.
