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Lot 323THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTOR
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Im Lehnstuhl sitzende mit angezogenen Beinen (Studie für Danaë)
Fermé28 February 2019
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GBP 31,250
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Note du spécialiste
Dr Marian Bisanz-Prakken, Albertina, Vienna, will include this work in the forthcoming supplement volume of the catalogue raisonné of drawings by Gustav Klimt.
The present work is one of a series of studies for Gustav Klimt's masterpiece painting Danaë (Novotny & Dobai, no. 151; private collection). A popular subject in the early 1900s, Danaë is a figure from Greek mythology, She was imprisoned in a bronze tower by her father, the King of Argos, where she was visited by Zeus, symbolised in the painting by the golden rain flowing between Danaë's legs.
The present work is one of a series of studies for Gustav Klimt's masterpiece painting Danaë (Novotny & Dobai, no. 151; private collection). A popular subject in the early 1900s, Danaë is a figure from Greek mythology, She was imprisoned in a bronze tower by her father, the King of Argos, where she was visited by Zeus, symbolised in the painting by the golden rain flowing between Danaë's legs.