Lot Essay
This drawing is a study for Klimt's 1907 painting Wasserschlangen II (Private collection).
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Freundinnen in Umarmung (Study for Wasserschlangen II)
Details
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Freundinnen in Umarmung (Study for Wasserschlangen II)
with Nachlass stamp and bears inscription (Lugt 1575; lower left)
colored wax crayon on paper
13 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. (34.8 x 54.9 cm.)
Drawn in 1905-1906
Freundinnen in Umarmung (Study for Wasserschlangen II)
with Nachlass stamp and bears inscription (Lugt 1575; lower left)
colored wax crayon on paper
13 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. (34.8 x 54.9 cm.)
Drawn in 1905-1906
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Galerie St. Etienne, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1980.
Galerie St. Etienne, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1980.
Literature
A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt: Die Zeichnungen 1904-1912, Salzburg, 1982, vol. II, p. 96, no. 1491 (illustrated, p. 97).
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