Portrait of a Young Girl

GUSTAV KLIMT(1862-1918); pencil drawing on Japan paper; 21 1/2 X 14 1/2 inches; Coll.; GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918); PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL, Pencil drawing on Japan paper.; 2172 x 1474 inches.; This standing female figure displays Klimt's ability to capture character and mood. Klimt's drawings are his most personal statements as an artist. In his monograph Emil Perchin writes: "The rather thin, clear, nervous and expressive strokes are arranged in a mobile, loose flow of line. With lucid assurance and the utmost sensitivity they comprehend the natural form simultaneously they are stylized, economical and related to the limits of the flat paper surface One senses palpably in these drawings the pulse of the master of linear expression." (Venice, 1956, p.33-) Perchin further notes that Klimt generally drew on Japan paper like the present sheet and that he only signed his drawings at the time they were sold or given away. This was in his studio at his death. Gustav Klimt, born in Vienna in 1862, was a student of Egon Schiele and of J. Berger and Laufberger at the Académie des Beaux Arts. He exhibited in Paris in 1900 and was awarded the grand prize. Klimt was elected an honorary member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers of London. As president of the Viennese Secession, and important artist's league at the turn of the century, he was an outstanding international figure.; ZEITLIN & VER BRUGGE Booksellers; 815 NORTH LA CIENIGA BOULEVARD; LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90069; Telephone [213]655-7581; Cable Address Jabberwock