Portfolio comprising 42 (instead of 50) heliogravures and collotypes in colors after original works by the artist on wove paper
Austria, 1918
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) – Austrian painter and graphic artist, representative of Art Nouveau
Stamp-signed “GUSTAV KLIMT” and numbered ‘LXII’ in India ink on the justification
Number XLII for Richard Strasser from an edition of 230 + LXX copies
42 reproductions together with title and justification sheet as well as 5 tables of content and 2 double pages with texts by Hermann Bahr and Peter Altenberg in half-leather portfolio box with gilt-embossed cover and spine
Printed by Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna
Published by art publishing house Hugo Heller, Vienna and Leipzig
The portfolio manufactured by Julius Dratwa, Vienna
Sheet dimensions: each ca. 47.5 x 45 cm
Portfolio box: 21.7 x 51 x 4.5 cm
Good condition
Very rarely offered portfolio which gives a survey of the painterly work of the Austrian Art Nouveau artist.
Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 16,000 Euro

The portfolio was issued in 5 installments of each 10 plates, printed as heliogravures or collotypes in colors under the supervision of Gustav Klimt. Each installment is accompanied by a table of content that indicates title, technique, size and the proprietor at that time of the reproduced work.



Condition:

8 of the originally 50 reproductions of the portfolio are lacking (Das Leben ein Kampf, Pallas Athene, Sonnenblume, Schloss Kammer am Attersee, Familie, Der Kuss, Die Jungfrau, Kirche in Cascone). The sheets are age-related minor toned and bear partly occasional foxmarks. They are inscribed in pencil by another hand. The title page is somewhat dusty and creased. The portfolio box bears age-related signs of use such as scuffs and bumps at the corners and the edges. Overall the condition is age-appropriately good. The remaining 42 sheets measure each ca. 47.5 x 45 cm. The dimensions of the portfolio are 51.7 x 51 x 4.5 cm.



Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)

Gustav Klimt was supposed to become gold engraver like his father, but thanks to a scholarship he was allowed to study at the Vienna School of Applied Arts. In 1891, he became a member of the Wiener Künstlerhaus. After he left, he became the co-founder and temporarily president of the Vienna Secession, for whose journal he provided numerous designs and illustrations. Klimt was a close friend of Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser, the founders of the Wiener Werkstätte. Thus he was commissioned to design the famous frieze in the dining room of the Stoclet Palais in Brussels. Between 1907 and 1908, Klimt created his most famous painting ‘The Kiss’. Klimt was one of the most controversial, but also most popular artists of the turn of the century. Although his works were initially dismissed as decorative painting, he is now considered one of the quintessential forerunners of modernism. His works are part of major museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the MoMA, the Tate Gallery, the Belvedere and the Secession in Vienna. In 2006, the portrait ‘Adele Bloch-Bauer I’ was purchased by the founder of the Neue Galerie in Manhattan for the record price of 135 million dollars, hitherto the highest price ever paid for a painting. (fea)

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