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Reclining Female Nude from the Right, Her Arms Crossed Behind Her Head. Study for Water Snakes II, 2nd Version, 1905/06

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Pencil on Japanese paper
37.8×56.6 cm

Artists

  • Gustav Klimt

    (Baumgarten near Vienna/Vienna 1862–1918 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
Alice Strobl associated this drawing with a comprehensive group of reclining female nudes which Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) created in connection with the 1906/07 reworked version of his painting Water Snakes II. The present work on paper is doubtlessly among the most high-quality studies from this series on account of its extraordinarily high degree of technical perfection. The outlines of the figure, drawn with the highest precision and delicate lines, create the illusion of a porcelain-like smoothness which appears in strong contrast to the dark areas of the pubic hair. Klimt achieved the complex foreshortening of the thighs by means of the outlines alone. Along with this study, the Leopold Museum owns five further studies for the work Water Snakes II: Study for Water Snakes II, Study for Water Snakes II, Study for Water Snakes II, Study for Water Snakes II and Study for Water Snakes II.

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Object data

Artist/author
  • Gustav Klimt
Title
Reclining Female Nude from the Right, Her Arms Crossed Behind Her Head. Study for Water Snakes II, 2nd Version
Date
1905/06
Art movement
Symbolism, Art Nouveau
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Pencil on Japanese paper
Dimensions
37.8×56.6 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 1333
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Selection of Reference works
  • Gustav Klimt. Die Sammlung im Leopold Museum, hrsg. von Tobias G. Natter/Elisabeth Leopold, Ostfildern 2013 (Bestandskatalog des Leopold Museum: Band 1).
  • Alice Strobl: Gustav Klimt. Die Zeichnungen 1904-1912, Salzburg 1982.
Catalogue raisonne
  • Strobl Bd. 2/1982: 1501
Keywords
woman/girlnudelying figure (fem.)the (nude) human figure (fem.)bent legs (fem.)hand(s) behind the head

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Nachlass Gustav Klimt, Wien (1918); (1)
Helene Donner, Wien (o.D.);
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (1957-1994); (2)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (1994).

  1. Nachlass-Stempel »GUSTAV / KLIMT / NACHLASS« auf der Rückseite rechts unten
  2. Sonja Niederacher, Gustav Klimt. 26 Zeichnungen aus dem Eigentum von Helene Donner, Dossier vom 31.01.2018; Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Katalog zu: Gustav Klimt. 1862-1918. Zeichnungen, Gedächtnisausstellung 16. Oktober bis 16. Dezember 1962, Wien 1962, Nr. 77

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