Vorgebeugt sitzender weiblicher Akt, Studie im Zusammenhang (1908)
品类
水彩作品
创作技法
铅笔
作品类型
原作
作品不含裱框面积
55.2 x 36.8 cm(21.73 x 14.49 in)
作品含裱框面积
98 x 76.8 cm(38.58 x 30.24 in)
开立收据之单位/机构
Sotheby's Paris
作品现状
票据
作品描述
The presented work is one of the preparatory studies for the first version of the allegorical painting “Death and Life” (Tod und Leben), which was first shown to the public at the international art exhibition in Rome in 1911 under the title “Fear of Death,” winning the honorary 1st prize. “Death and Life” by Klimt is a work dating back to the artist’s late period and marking the pinnacle of his creative genius. The result of reflections on the key philosophical theme for Klimt about the cyclical nature of life, the natural flow of time, the beauty of youth and the inevitability of the end. This work will be included in the forthcoming supplement to the Klimt Catalogue raisonné being prepared by Dr Marian Bisanz-Prakken.
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Gustav Ucicky- son of Gustav Klimt, Vienna
Private collection (sold: Christie's, New York, 2008)
Private collection (sold: Sotheby's, Paris, 2018)
古斯塔夫·克林姆
(1862-1918)
Vorgebeugt sitzender weiblicher Akt, Studie im Zusammenhang (1908)
The presented work is one of the preparatory studies for the first version of the allegorical painting “Death and Life” (Tod und Leben), which was first shown to the public at the international art exhibition in Rome in 1911 under the title “Fear of Death,” winning the honorary 1st prize. “Death and Life” by Klimt is a work dating back to the artist’s late period and marking the pinnacle of his creative genius. The result of reflections on the key philosophical theme for Klimt about the cyclical nature of life, the natural flow of time, the beauty of youth and the inevitability of the end. This work will be included in the forthcoming supplement to the Klimt Catalogue raisonné being prepared by Dr Marian Bisanz-Prakken.
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Gustav Ucicky- son of Gustav Klimt, Vienna
Private collection (sold: Christie's, New York, 2008)
Private collection (sold: Sotheby's, Paris, 2018)