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GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918)
Auf dem Bauch liegender Akt nach rechts
with the Nachlass stamp (Lugt 1575; on the reverse)
blue pencil on simili-Japan paper
14 1/2 x 21 in. (36.7 x 53.2 cm.)
Drawn in 1910
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Acquired by the late owner, by 1982.
Literature
A. Strobl, Gustav Klimt die Zeichnungen, vol. II, 1904-1912, Salzburg, 1982, no. 1967, p. 236 (illustrated).
S. Sabarsky (ed.), Gustav Klimt Drawings, London, 1984, no. 55, p. 130 (illustrated inverted; titled 'Prone nude' and with incorrect medium).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Gustav Klimt January - February 1981, no. 61 (illustrated).
Rome, Pinacoteca Capitolina, Gustav Klimt 100 disegni, July - October 1983, no. 55, p. 130 (illustrated inverted pl. 55); this exhibition later travelled to Milan, Palazzo della Permanente, January - February 1984; and Bolzano/Bozen, Castel Mareccio/Schloß Maretsch, March - May 1984.
Vienna, Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Gustav Klimt June - September 1984, no. 69, p. 71 (illustrated p. 123); this exhibition later travelled to Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, September - November 1984, no. 71, p. 158 (illustrated p. 95); Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, November 1984 - January 1985, no. 69; and Linz, Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Wolfgang-Gurlitt-Museum, February - April 1985, no. 69.
Bottrop, Josef Albers Museum, Quadrat Bottrop, Gustav Klimt 100 Zeichnungen, June - August 1985.
Florence, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Gustav Klimt 100 disegni, January - April 1986, no. 53; this exhibition later travelled to Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, April - June 1986; and Trento, Castello Ivano, June 1986.
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Gustav Klimt November 1986 - January 1987, no. 55, p. 131 (illustrated inverted pl. 55).
Innsbruck, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Gustav Klimt 100 Zeichnungen, February - March 1987, no. 55, p. 14; this exhibition later travelled to Graz, Schloß Plankenwarth, July - August 1987; Halbturn, Schloß Halbturn, May - October 1988; and Rosenheim, Städtische Galerie Rosenheim, February - April 1989.
Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Gustav Klimt September - December 1987, no. 89, p. 174 (illustrated p. 136).
New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, Gustav Klimt June - October 1989.
Frankfurt, Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, Gustav Klimt 100 Zeichnungen, October - November 1990 (possibly); this exhibition later travelled to Düren, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, January - March 1991 (possibly); Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, November 1991 - March 1992, no. 76; Tel Aviv, Museum of Art, April - May 1992; Kraków, Palacu Sztuki, June - July 1992; Villingen-Schwenningen, Städtische Galerie Lovis-Kabinett, July - September 1992; Charleston, Gibbes Museum of Art, May - June 1993; Passau, Museum moderner Kunst, June - August 1994; Paris, Musée-Galerie de la Seita, October - November 1994; and Prague, Císaiská konírna, May - July 1995.
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Gustav Klimt September - December 1992, no. Z116, p. 298 (illustrated).
Seoul, Hangaram Art Museum, Gustav Klimt In Search of the "Total Artwork", February - May 2009, no. 65, p. 233 (illustrated p. 129).
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