2002
Gustav Klimt
(Wien 1862 - 1918 Wien)
„Design for the final artwork "Oper"“
1883
pencil, pen with black ink on paper; framed
53 x 38 cm
signed on the upper left: G. Klimt
ten different studies in black chalk on the reverse: four designs for a supraport, head of a woman in profile facing left, half length portrait of a woman in profile facing left, and by the hand of the artist (?) note in pencil on the bottom edge: "Mirzl und Dreher 1884 / 1884 / ehe (?) Gustav Klimt / Karoline Holdefreund (?) Lieber Hans", in the center: "ich", "333333 3489 33",
estate stamp (collection R. Zimpel)
Provenance
Christian M. Nebehay, Vienna;
private property, Austria
Exhibition
1963 Vienna, Ch. M. Nebehay, Gustav Klimt. Eine Nachlese. 70 bedeutende Zeichnungen, Vienna 1963, no. 6;
1970 Darmstadt, Mathildenhöhe, 3. Internationale der Zeichnung, no. 12;
1981 Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Experiment Weltuntergang. Wien um 1900, no. 11 ("Heilige Cäcilie – Allegorie der Oper")
Literature
Christian M. Nebehay (ed.), Gustav Klimt. Eine Nachlese. 70 bedeutende Zeichnungen, exhibition catalogue no. VI., Vienna 1963, no. 6;
Fritz Novotny/Johannes Dobai, Gustav Klimt, Salzburg 1967, p. 380;
Christian M. Nebehay, Gustav Klimt Dokumentation, 1969, ill. 102;
3. Internationale der Zeichnung, exhibition catalogue, Darmstadt, Mathildenhöhe 1970, no. 12 (ill.);
Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt. Die Zeichnungen. 1878-1903, vol. I, Salzburg 1980, p. 34 and 35 (ill.), no. 69;
Experiment Weltuntergang. Wien um 1900, exhibition catalogue, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg 1981, no. 11 ("Heilige Cäcilie – Allegorie der Oper") with ill.;
Christian M. Nebehay, Gustav Klimt. Von der Zeichnung zum Bild, Vienna 1992, p. 23, ill. 17;
Barbara Sternthal, Gustav Klimt. Mythos und Wahrheit, 2006, ill. p. 8;
Marian Bisanz-Prakken, Gustav Klimt. Drawings. Wienerroither & Kohlbacher (ed.), Vienna 2018, no. 4
Estimate: € 50.000 - 100.000
Result: € 45.000 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.