1910s Gustav Klimt Pencil on Paper Sketch of a Woman Catalogued

Description

Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862-1918)
Frauenkopf nach rechts, 1916
Pencil on paper
Dimensions: 22.5 x 14.75 Inches (57.2 x 37.5 cm) … more Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862-1918)
Frauenkopf nach rechts, 1916
Pencil on paper
Dimensions: 22.5 x 14.75 Inches (57.2 x 37.5 cm) (sheet)
Stamped lower right: GUSTAV / KLIMT / NACHLASS
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Provenance:
Estate of the artist;
Dr. Gerhard Egermann, Potzneusiedl, Austria;
Richard L. Carr, Vienna, Austria;
Private collection, acquired from the above;
Christie's, New York, November 3, 1993, lot 162.

Literature:
A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen 1912-1918 III, Salzburg, 1984, p. 145, no. 2691, illustrated.

The present drawing relates closely to Klimt's sketch of the same woman with wavy hair and strong jawline, though seen more frontally, which is in the collection of the Albertina Museum, Vienna (inv. no. 30248), also illustrated in Strobl, no. 2692. less