GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918) Im Lehnstuhl sitzernd von vorne, beide Unteratme aufgestutzt (Adele Bloch-Bauer) signed 'GUSTAV KLIMT' (lower right) graphite and pencil on paper 17 3/4 x 12 1/2 in (45 x 31.7 cm) Executed in 1903 Fußnoten Provenance Sale: Kornfeld und Klipstein, May 27-29, 1964, lot 367. Richard L. Fox, New York. Jerome Snyder USA (acquired from the above on July 10, 1960). Sale: Clars Auction Gallery, February 17, 2019, lot 6184A. Private collection, California (acquired at the above sale). Literature A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt Die Zeichnungen, 1878-1903, Salzburg, 1980, vol. I, no. 1085 (illustrated p. 309). Executed in 1903, Im Lehnstuhl sitzernd von vorne, beide Unteratme aufgestutzt (Adele Bloch-Bauer) is a preparatory sketch for Klimt's celebrated Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, residing in the Neue Galerie, New York's permanent collection. In mid-1903, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer commissioned Klimt to create a portrait of his wife, Adele, as an anniversary present for his wife's parents. Klimt's preparation for this portrait was more extensive than for any other work he ever created; between 1903 and 1904, he executed over a hundred preparatory drawings, many of which the Bloch-Bauers purchased.
GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918) Im Lehnstuhl sitzernd von vorne, beide Unteratme aufgestutzt (Adele Bloch-Bauer) signed 'GUSTAV KLIMT' (lower right) graphite and pencil on paper 17 3/4 x 12 1/2 in (45 x 31.7 cm) Executed in 1903 Fußnoten Provenance Sale: Kornfeld und Klipstein, May 27-29, 1964, lot 367. Richard L. Fox, New York. Jerome Snyder USA (acquired from the above on July 10, 1960). Sale: Clars Auction Gallery, February 17, 2019, lot 6184A. Private collection, California (acquired at the above sale). Literature A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt Die Zeichnungen, 1878-1903, Salzburg, 1980, vol. I, no. 1085 (illustrated p. 309). Executed in 1903, Im Lehnstuhl sitzernd von vorne, beide Unteratme aufgestutzt (Adele Bloch-Bauer) is a preparatory sketch for Klimt's celebrated Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, residing in the Neue Galerie, New York's permanent collection. In mid-1903, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer commissioned Klimt to create a portrait of his wife, Adele, as an anniversary present for his wife's parents. Klimt's preparation for this portrait was more extensive than for any other work he ever created; between 1903 and 1904, he executed over a hundred preparatory drawings, many of which the Bloch-Bauers purchased.
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