Gustav Klimt - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session New York Wednesday, November 15, 2017 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Michael Rosenauer, Vienna
    Galerie St. Etienne, New York
    Kovler Gallery, Chicago (acquired in 1971)
    Alice Adam Ltd., Chicago
    Private Collection, Chicago
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Gustav Klimt, Drawings, March - April 1970, no. 54, pl. 28, n.p. (Frau mit fliegenden Haaren, das linke Auge verdeckt illustrated, titled as Lady with Flowing Hair, Hand on Forehead)
    Chicago, Kovler Gallery, 1971
    Chicago, Alice Adam Ltd., Recent Acquisitions: Drawings, 1982, pp. 15-16 (illustrated, works titled as Portrait of a Lady with Flowing Hair and Study of a Nude)

  • Literature

    Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnvngen, 1912-1918, vol. III, Salzburg, 1984, no. 3001, pp. 218-219 (Frau mit fliegenden Haaren, das linke Auge verdeckt illustrated, p. 219)
    Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnvngen, 1912-1918, vol. III, Salzburg, 1984, no. 3065, p. 228 (Akt nach rechts illustrated)

Property from the Estate of B. S. Mars

197

Frau mit fliegenden Haaren, das linke Auge verdeckt; Akt nach rechts

pencil on paper, double-sided
22 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (57.2 x 36.2 cm.)
Executed in 1917-1918.

Please note that these works are studies done for the unfinished painting Die Braut, Novotny-Dobai no. 222, painted in 1917-1918.

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000 

Sold for $35,000

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session

New York Auction 15 November 2017