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Letter from Gustav Klimt to Norbert Wien, c. 1909

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Black ink on paper
17.3×26.8 cm

Artists

  • Gustav Klimt

    (Baumgarten near Vienna/Vienna 1862–1918 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
Dear Mr. Wien! I have not seen the painting “Sunflower” since it was sent to Munich – it must be there or still on its way. I think he priced it at the Kunstschau at 5,000 crowns – in Munich, I believe, at 6,000 mark – so I would have to stick with 5,000 crowns – if it is very important to you, the very, very lowest I could go to would be 4,500 crowns, but definitely no lower, best regards Gustav Klimt

Text Leopold Museum

Object data

Artist/author
  • Gustav Klimt
Title
Letter from Gustav Klimt to Norbert Wien
Date
c. 1909
Art movement
Symbolism, Art Nouveau
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
Black ink on paper
Dimensions
17.3×26.8 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 4511
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).
Keywords
Vienna Kunstschau 1908autographsunflowerletter/envelopepaper

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (o.D.);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (1994)

Ankauf der ersten Seite durch Dr. Rudolf Leopold im Dorotheum, Wien;
Ankauf der zweiten Seite aus Wiener Privatbesitz;

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Vienna Kunstschau 1908autographsunflowerletter/envelopepaper

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