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Provenance

Galerie Gustav Nebehay, Vienna Erwin Böhler, Vienna (acquired by 1920) Heinrich Böhler, Vienna and St. Moritz (brother of the above; acquired from the above) Mabel Böhler, Lugano (wife of the above; inherited from the above in 1940) Dr Rudolf Leopold, Vienna (acquired from the above circa 1963 and until at least 1981) Serge Sabarsky, New York Wendell Cherry, New York and Louisville, Kentucky (acquired from the above by 1988) Sotheby’s, New York, 11 May 1994, lot 44 (consigned by the estate of the above) Acquired from the above sale by the family of the present owner

Exhibited

Vienna, Kunstschau, 1920, room 9, no. 42 (titled Bildnis ) Tokyo, Isetan Museum; Kumamoto, Prefectural Museum; Osaka, Navio Gallery; Iwaki, Iwaki City Center and Yamanashi, Prefectural Museum, Gustav Klimt , 1981, no. 16, illustrated in colour Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, 1989 Krakow, International Cultural Centre, Gustav Klimt. Pictures and Drawings , 1992, illustrated in colour in the catalogue and on the cover Vienna, Belvedere, Lady with Fan. Gustav Klimt’s Last Works / Gustav Klimt and East- Asia, 2021-22

Literature

“Gustav Klimt,” Der Kunstwart. Deutscher Wille , Dresden & Munich, vol. 31, January 1918, p. 112 “Gustav Klimt Persönlichkeit,” Die bildenden Künste , vol. 2, Vienna, 1919, p. 4, illustrated in a photograph of the artist’s studio Franz Ottoman, “Wiener Kunstschau 1920,” Die bildenden Künste , vol. 3, Vienna, 1920, p. 67, illustrated (titled Bildnis ) Max Eisler, “Wiener Kunstschau 1920,” Die Kunst für alle: Malerei, Plastik, Graphik, Architektur , Year XXXVI, 1920-21, p. 117, illustrated (titled Tänzerin ) Anton Faistauer, Neue Malerei in Österreich. Betrachtungen eines Malers , Zurich, Leipzig & Vienna, 1923, no. 4, illustrated Emil Pirchan, Gustav Klimt , Vienna, 1956, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Fritz Novotny & Johannes Dobai, Gustav Klimt , Vienna, 1967, no. 203, illustrated in colour pl. 98 & illustrated p. 366 Christian M. Nebehay, Gustav Klimt. Dokumentation , Vienna, 1969, p. 463, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Alessandra Comini, Gustav Klimt , London, 1975, p. 5, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Fritz Novotny & Johannes Dobai, Gustav Klimt , Vienna, 1975, no. 203, pl. 98, illustrated in colour and p. 366, illustrated Johannes Dobai and Sergio Coradeschi, L’opera completa di Klimt , Milan, 1978, no. 190, p. 109, illustrated Otto Breicha, ed., Gustav Klimt. Die goldene Pforte. Werk-Wesen-Wirkung , Salzburg, 1978, fig. 3, p. 20, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt. Die Zeichnungen 1912-1918 , vol. III, Salzburg, 1984, illustrated p. 178 (dated 1917) Michael M. Thomas, “An Illuminating Aesthetic. Dorothy and Wendell Cherry in New York and Louisville,” Architectural Digest , October 1988, p. 197, illustrated in a photograph of Wendell Cherry’s Manhattan apartment Exh. Cat., Gustav Klimt , Zurich, Kunsthaus, 1992, p. 12, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Gerbert Frodl, Klimt , London, 1992, no. 15, p. 155, illustrated and p. 150, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Gottfried Fliedl, Gustav Klimt. 1862-1918. Die Welt in weiblicher Gestalt , Cologne, 1994, p. 168, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Exh. Cat., Gustav Klimt: Modernism in the Making , Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 2001, fig. 135, p. 139, illustrated in colour and p. 211, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Tobias G. Natter, Die Welt von Klimt, Schiele und Kokoschka. Sammler und Mäzene, Cologne, 2003, p. 232 Rainer Metzger, Gustav Klimt. Drawings & Watercolours , London, 2005, no. 267, p. 348, illustrated in colour and p. 392, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Exh. Cat., Gustav Klimt. Papiers érotiques , Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol, Paris, 2005, p. 182, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Christian M. Nebehay, Gustav Klimt. From Drawing to Painting , London, 2007, fig. 260, p. 220, illustrated in colour and pp. 184-85, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Alfred Weidinger, ed., Gustav Klimt , Munich, Berlin, London and New York, 2007, no. 237, p. 304, illustrated in colour and p. 77, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio (dated 1917) Exh. Cat., Gustav Klimt. The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky Collections , New York, Neue Galerie, 2007-08, fig. 25, p. 26, illustrated in colour and fig. 7, p. 98, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Exh. Cat., Gustav Klimt. In Search of the “Total Artwork” , Seoul, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, 2009, p. 218, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Exh. Cat., Gustav Klimt, Josef Hoffmann. Pioneers of Modernism , Vienna, Belvedere, 2011-12, fig. 5, p. 302, illustrated in a photograph of the artist’s studio Exh. Cat., Gustav Klimt. The Drawings , Vienna, Albertina Museum, Vienna and Los Angeles, The Paul J. Getty Museum, 2012, p. 18 and pp. 300-01, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Tobias G. Natter, ed., Gustav Klimt. The Complete Paintings , Cologne, 2012, no. 237, pp. 251 & 638, illustrated in colour (dated 1917) Exh. Cat., Klimt: Up Close and Personal. Paintings – Letters – Insights , Vienna, Leopold Museum, 2012, pp. 104 & 250, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Tobias G. Natter and Elisabeth Leopold, eds., Gustav Klimt. Die Sammlung im Leopold Museum , Ostfildern, 2013, p. 35, illustrated in colour and p. 28, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio (dated 1917) Exh. Cat., Facing the Modern. The Portrait in Vienna 1900 , London, National Gallery, 2013-14, p. 103, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Sandra Tretter, Peter Weinhäupl, Felizitas Schreier & Georg Becker, eds., Gustav Klimt. Atelier Feldmühlgasse 1911-1918 , Vienna, 2014, no. 44, pp. 37 and 132, illustrated in colour and pp. 45, 110, 111 & 113, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt’s studio (dated 1917) Tobias G. Natter, ed., Gustav Klimt. Drawings and Paintings , Cologne, 2018, p. 351, illustrated in colour (dated 1917)

Catalog summary

Property from a Private Collection Gustav Klimt 1862 - 1918 Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan) oil on canvas 100.2 by 100.2 cm., 39 ½ by 39 ½ in. Executed in 1917-18. --------------------------------------------------- 私人收藏 古斯塔夫・克林姆 1862 - 1918 年 《持扇的女子》 油彩畫布 100.2 by 100.2 公分 ；39 ½ by 39 ½英寸 1917-18年作 Provenance Galerie Gustav Nebehay, Vienna Erwin Böhler, Vienna (acquired by 1920) Heinrich Böhler, Vienna and St. Moritz (brother of the above; acquired from the above) Mabel Böhler, Lugano (wife of the above; inherited from the above in 1940) Dr Rudolf Leopold, Vienna (acquired from the above circa 1963 and until at least 1981) Serge Sabarsky, New York Wendell Cherry, New York and Louisville, Kentucky (acquired from the above by 1988) Sotheby’s, New York, 11 May 1994, lot 44 (consigned by the estate of the above) Acquired from the above sale by the family of the present owner Literature “Gustav Klimt,” Der Kunstwart. Deutscher Wille , Dresden & Munich, vol. 31, January 1918, p. 112 “Gustav Klimt Persönlichkeit,” Die bildenden Künste , vol. 2, Vienna, 1919, p. 4, illustrated in a photograph of the artist’s studio Franz Ottoman, “Wiener Kunstschau 1920,” Die bildenden Künste , vol. 3, Vienna, 1920, p. 67, illustrated (titled Bildnis ) Max Eisler, “Wiener Kunstschau 1920,” Die Kunst für alle: Malerei, Plastik, Graphik, Architektur , Year XXXVI, 1920-21, p. 117, illustrated (titled Tänzerin ) Anton Faistauer, Neue Malerei in Österreich. Betrachtungen eines Malers , Zurich, Leipzig & Vienna, 1923, no. 4, illustrated Emil Pirchan, Gustav Klimt , Vienna, 1956, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Fritz Novotny & Johannes Dobai, Gustav Klimt , Vienna, 1967, no. 203, illustrated in colour pl. 98 & illustrated p. 366 Christian M. Nebehay, Gustav Klimt. Dokumentation , Vienna, 1969, p. 463, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Alessandra Comini, Gustav Klimt , London, 1975, p. 5, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Fritz Novotny & Johannes Dobai, Gustav Klimt , Vienna, 1975, no. 203, pl. 98, illustrated in colour and p. 366, illustrated Johannes Dobai and Sergio Coradeschi, L’opera completa di Klimt , Milan, 1978, no. 190, p. 109, illustrated Otto Breicha, ed., Gustav Klimt. Die goldene Pforte. Werk-Wesen-Wirkung , Salzburg, 1978, fig. 3, p. 20, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt. Die Zeichnungen 1912-1918 , vol. III, Salzburg, 1984, illustrated p. 178 (dated 1917) Michael M. Thomas, “An Illuminating Aesthetic. Dorothy and Wendell Cherry in New York and Louisville,” Architectural Digest , October 1988, p. 197, illustrated in a photograph of Wendell Cherry’s Manhattan apartment Exh. Cat., Gustav Klimt , Zurich, Kunsthaus, 1992, p. 12, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Gerbert Frodl, Klimt , London, 1992, no. 15, p. 155, illustrated and p. 150, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Gottfried Fliedl, Gustav Klimt. 1862-1918. Die Welt in weiblicher Gestalt , Cologne, 1994, p. 168, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Exh. Cat., Gustav Klimt: Modernism in the Making , Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 2001, fig. 135, p. 139, illustrated in colour and p. 211, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Tobias G. Natter, Die Welt von Klimt, Schiele und Kokoschka. Sammler und Mäzene, Cologne, 2003, p. 232 Rainer Metzger, Gustav Klimt. Drawings & Watercolours , London, 2005, no. 267, p. 348, illustrated in colour and p. 392, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Exh. Cat., Gustav Klimt. Papiers érotiques , Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol, Paris, 2005, p. 182, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Christian M. Nebehay, Gustav Klimt. From Drawing to Painting , London, 2007, fig. 260, p. 220, illustrated in colour and pp. 184-85, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Alfred Weidinger, ed., Gustav Klimt , Munich, Berlin, London and New York, 2007, no. 237, p. 304, illustrated in colour and p. 77, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio (dated 1917) Exh. Cat., Gustav Klimt. The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky Collections , New York, Neue Galerie, 2007-08, fig. 25, p. 26, illustrated in colour and fig. 7, p. 98, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Exh. Cat., Gustav Klimt. In Search of the “Total Artwork” , Seoul, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, 2009, p. 218, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Exh. Cat., Gustav Klimt, Josef Hoffmann. Pioneers of Modernism , Vienna, Belvedere, 2011-12, fig. 5, p. 302, illustrated in a photograph of the artist’s studio Exh. Cat., Gustav Klimt. The Drawings , Vienna, Albertina Museum, Vienna and Los Angeles, The Paul J. Getty Museum, 2012, p. 18 and pp. 300-01, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Tobias G. Natter, ed., Gustav Klimt. The Complete Paintings , Cologne, 2012, no. 237, pp. 251 & 638, illustrated in colour (dated 1917) Exh. Cat., Klimt: Up Close and Personal. Paintings – Letters – Insights , Vienna, Leopold Museum, 2012, pp. 104 & 250, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Tobias G. Natter and Elisabeth Leopold, eds., Gustav Klimt. Die Sammlung im Leopold Museum , Ostfildern, 2013, p. 35, illustrated in colour and p. 28, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio (dated 1917) Exh. Cat., Facing the Modern. The Portrait in Vienna 1900 , London, National Gallery, 2013-14, p. 103, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt's studio Sandra Tretter, Peter Weinhäupl, Felizitas Schreier & Georg Becker, eds., Gustav Klimt. Atelier Feldmühlgasse 1911-1918 , Vienna, 2014, no. 44, pp. 37 and 132, illustrated in colour and pp. 45, 110, 111 & 113, illustrated in a photograph of Klimt’s studio (dated 1917) Tobias G. Natter, ed., Gustav Klimt. Drawings and Paintings , Cologne, 2018, p. 351, illustrated in colour (dated 1917) Exhibited Vienna, Kunstschau, 1920, room 9, no. 42 (titled Bildnis ) Tokyo, Isetan Museum; Kumamoto, Prefectural Museum; Osaka, Navio Gallery; Iwaki, Iwaki City Center and Yamanashi, Prefectural Museum, Gustav Klimt , 1981, no. 16, illustrated in colour Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, 1989 Krakow, International Cultural Centre, Gustav Klimt. Pictures and Drawings , 1992, illustrated in colour in the catalogue and on the cover Vienna, Belvedere, Lady with Fan. Gustav Klimt’s Last Works / Gustav Klimt and East- Asia, 2021-22