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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Lot 204

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)

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Closed7 November 2007

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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
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pencil on buff paper
17 5/8 x 12 in. (44.7 x 30.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1902

Johanna Klimt Zimpel, Vienna (by descent from the artist).
Christian M. Nebehay, Vienna (acquired from the estate of the above, 1961).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, November 1963.

Specialist note

The present drawing is a preparatory study for Klimt's Beethovenfries, 1902 (fig. 1), a frieze designed for the Vienna Secession building in conjunction with an exhibition of Max Klinger's statue of Beethoven in April-June 1902. Fragments of the original frieze are now exhibited in the Österreichische Galerie in Untere Belvedere, Vienna.
(fig. 1) Gustav Klimt, detail of Beethovenfries, 1902. Oesterreichische Galerie, Vienna.