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Provenance

Paul and Irene Hellmann (née Redlich), Vienna and Altaussee (acquired by 1926) Joseph Redlich (brother of Irene Hellmann; 1869-1936) or his heirs, Vienna Otto Kallir (Neue Galerie / Galerie St. Etienne), Vienna, Paris and New York (acquired from the above by 1937) Private Collection, New York (acquired from the estate of the above in 1978) Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Vienna, Secession, XVIII. Ausstellung der Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs, Secession, Kollektiv-Ausstellung Gustav Klimt , 1903–04, no. 37 (titled Insel and dated 1903) Vienna, Secession, Klimt-Gedächtnisausstellung, XCIX. Ausstellung der Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Wiener Secession , 1928, no. 48 (titled Wasserstudie: Die Insel (Attersee) ) Bern, Kunsthalle, Österreichische Malerei und Plastik im 20. Jahrhundert , 1937, no. 1 (titled Wasserspiegel ) Paris, Galerie St. Etienne, L ’Art Autrichien, 1939 New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Saved from Europe , 1940, no. 20 New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Austrian Art of the Nineteenth Century, From Waldmueller to Klimt , 1950, no. 11 (titled Attersee ) New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918: Oils and Drawings , 1959, n.p., illustrated in color New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Kubin , 1961, no. 3 (titled Attersee and dated circa 1903) Berkeley, University Art Gallery and Pasadena Art Museum, Viennese Expressionism 1910–1924, The Work of Egon Schiele with Work by Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka , 1963, no. 11, n.p., illustrated in color (titled Attersee and dated after 1900) New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele , 1965, no. 3, p. 33, illustrated in color (titled Attersee and dated 1900-01) New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Vienna 1900: Art, Architecture & Design , 1986, n.n., p. 191, illustrated in the catalogue (dated circa 1901) New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Gustav Klimt: Paintings and Drawings, The Second in a Series Celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Galerie St. Etienne , 1989, no. 6 (dated circa 1901) New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Saved from Europe, Otto Kallir and the History of the Galerie St. Etienne , 1999–2000, pl. 11, illustrated in color (dated circa 1901) Williamstown, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and Vienna, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Gustav Klimt—Landscapes , 2002-03, no. 13, illustrated in color and a detail illustrated on the cover New York, Neue Galerie, Selections from the Permanent Collection, Focus: Oskar Kokoschka , 2009 New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Alternate Histories, Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Galerie St. Etienne , 2015, no. 16 New York, Galerie St. Etienne, The Expressionist Legacy, The Third in a Series of Exhibitions Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the Galerie St. Etienne , 2019-20, no. 17 (dated 1901)

Literature

Marie-José Liechtenstein, "Gustav Klimt und seine oberösterreichischen Salzkammergutlandschaften," Kunst in Österreich 1851–1951, Beiträge zur österreichischen Kunstgeschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts , Linz, 1951, no. 24, p. 120 (titled Insel and dated 1903) Alfred Werner, "The World of Gustav Klimt," Arts , 1959, vol. 22, no. 7, p. 31, illustrated in color (titled Attersee and dated before 1910) Christian M. Nebehay, Gustav Klimt, Dokumentation , Vienna, 1969, no. 557, p. 445, illustrated in color Alessandra Comini, Gustav Klimt , London, 1975, pl. 37, illustrated in color (dated circa 1901) Hanspeter Zürcher, Stilles Wasser, Narziss und Ophelia in der Dichtung und Malerei um 1900, Abhandlungen zur Kunst-, Musik- und Literaturwissenschaft (vol. 184) , Bonn, 1975, no. 5, n.p., illustrated; p. 133 (dated 1901) Fritz Novotny and Johannes Dobai, Gustav Klimt , Salzburg, 1975, no. 117, pl. 28 and p. 321, illustrated (dated circa 1901) Johannes Dobai and Sergio Coradeschi, L’Opera completa di Klimt , Milan, 1978, no. 104, p. 99, illustrated (dated circa 1901) Johannes Dobai, "Die Landschaft in der Sicht von Gustav Klimt, Ein Essay," Klimt-Studien, Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Galerie , 1978–79, vol. 22/23, no. 66/67, no. 97, p. 247, illustrated; p. 252 (dated circa 1901) Exh. Cat., Seewalchen am Attersee, Villa Paulick, Inselräume, Teschner, Klimt & Flöge am Attersee , 1989, no. 52, pp. 46-47, illustrated in color; illustrated in color on the cover (dated 1901) Jane Kallir, Gustav Klimt 25 Masterworks , New York, 1989, p. 18; p. 19, illustrated in color (dated circa 1901) Frank Whitford, Klimt , London, 1990, no. 136, p. 188 (dated circa 1901) Gerbert Frodl, Klimt , London, 1992, no. 3, pp. 102-03, illustrated in color (dated circa 1901) Exh. Cat., Kunsthaus Zürich, Gustav Klimt, 1862–1918 , 1992, p. 60, illustrated (dated circa 1901) Peter Vergo, Art in Vienna 1898–1918, Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele and their contemporaries , London, 1993, no. 198, p. 229, illustrated (dated 1910) Gottfried Fliedl, Gustav Klimt, 1862–1918, Die Welt in weiblicher Gestalt , Cologne, 1994, p. 92, illustrated in color (dated circa 1901) Catherine Dean, Klimt , London, 1996, p. 64; p. 65, illustrated in color (dated circa 1901) Alfred Weidinger, "Von Blumen und blühenden Frauen—Symbolismus in den Landschaftsbildern Gustav Klimts," Gegenwelten, Gustav Klimt–Künstlerleben im Fin de Siècle , Munich, 1996, p. 100 Alfred Weidinger, "Natursehen am Attersee, Aspekte der Landschaftsmalerei Gustav Klimts," Parnass , 2000, vol. 17, no. 20, p. 58 Stephan Koja, ed., Gustav Klimt, Landscapes , Munich, Berlin, London and New York, 2002, pl. 13, illustrated in color (dated 1902) Alfred Weidinger, ed., Gustav Klimt , Munich, Berlin, London and New York, 2007, no. 156, p. 274, illustrated in color; p. 141, detail illustrated (dated 1902) Tobias G. Natter, ed., Gustav Klimt, The Complete Paintings , Cologne, 2012, no. 144, pp. 296 and 583, illustrated in color; pp. 274, 277 and 492 (dated 1902) Exh. Cat., Vienna, Leopold Museum, Gustav Klimt, Die Sammlung im Leopold Museum , 2013, p. 34, illustrated in color (dated 1902) Sandra Tretter and Peter Weinhäupl, eds., Gustav Klimt, Summer Sojourns on the Attersee , 1900–1916 , Vienna, 2015, no. 12, p. 103, illustrated in color; n.p., detail illustrated (dated 1902) Tobias G. Natter, ed., Gustav Klimt, Drawings and Paintings , Cologne, 2018, p. 416, illustrated in color (dated 1902) Sonja Niederacher, Dossier zu Gustav Klimt, Am Attersee, 1900 , Leopold Museum, Vienna, 31 January 2019, p. 5, illustrated in color; p. 20, illustrated in an installation photograph of the 1928 Secession exhibition

Catalog summary

Property from an Important New York Collection Gustav Klimt 1862 - 1918 Insel im Attersee (Island in the Attersee) signed Gustav Klimt (on the stretcher) oil on canvas 39 ½ by 39 ½ in. 100.5 by 100.5 cm. Executed circa 1901–02. Provenance Paul and Irene Hellmann (née Redlich), Vienna and Altaussee (acquired by 1926) Joseph Redlich (brother of Irene Hellmann; 1869-1936) or his heirs, Vienna Otto Kallir (Neue Galerie / Galerie St. Etienne), Vienna, Paris and New York (acquired from the above by 1937) Private Collection, New York (acquired from the estate of the above in 1978) Thence by descent to the present owner Literature Marie-José Liechtenstein, "Gustav Klimt und seine oberösterreichischen Salzkammergutlandschaften," Kunst in Österreich 1851–1951, Beiträge zur österreichischen Kunstgeschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts , Linz, 1951, no. 24, p. 120 (titled Insel and dated 1903) Alfred Werner, "The World of Gustav Klimt," Arts , 1959, vol. 22, no. 7, p. 31, illustrated in color (titled Attersee and dated before 1910) Christian M. Nebehay, Gustav Klimt, Dokumentation , Vienna, 1969, no. 557, p. 445, illustrated in color Alessandra Comini, Gustav Klimt , London, 1975, pl. 37, illustrated in color (dated circa 1901) Hanspeter Zürcher, Stilles Wasser, Narziss und Ophelia in der Dichtung und Malerei um 1900, Abhandlungen zur Kunst-, Musik- und Literaturwissenschaft (vol. 184) , Bonn, 1975, no. 5, n.p., illustrated; p. 133 (dated 1901) Fritz Novotny and Johannes Dobai, Gustav Klimt , Salzburg, 1975, no. 117, pl. 28 and p. 321, illustrated (dated circa 1901) Johannes Dobai and Sergio Coradeschi, L’Opera completa di Klimt , Milan, 1978, no. 104, p. 99, illustrated (dated circa 1901) Johannes Dobai, "Die Landschaft in der Sicht von Gustav Klimt, Ein Essay," Klimt-Studien, Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Galerie , 1978–79, vol. 22/23, no. 66/67, no. 97, p. 247, illustrated; p. 252 (dated circa 1901) Exh. Cat., Seewalchen am Attersee, Villa Paulick, Inselräume, Teschner, Klimt & Flöge am Attersee , 1989, no. 52, pp. 46-47, illustrated in color; illustrated in color on the cover (dated 1901) Jane Kallir, Gustav Klimt 25 Masterworks , New York, 1989, p. 18; p. 19, illustrated in color (dated circa 1901) Frank Whitford, Klimt , London, 1990, no. 136, p. 188 (dated circa 1901) Gerbert Frodl, Klimt , London, 1992, no. 3, pp. 102-03, illustrated in color (dated circa 1901) Exh. Cat., Kunsthaus Zürich, Gustav Klimt, 1862–1918 , 1992, p. 60, illustrated (dated circa 1901) Peter Vergo, Art in Vienna 1898–1918, Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele and their contemporaries , London, 1993, no. 198, p. 229, illustrated (dated 1910) Gottfried Fliedl, Gustav Klimt, 1862–1918, Die Welt in weiblicher Gestalt , Cologne, 1994, p. 92, illustrated in color (dated circa 1901) Catherine Dean, Klimt , London, 1996, p. 64; p. 65, illustrated in color (dated circa 1901) Alfred Weidinger, "Von Blumen und blühenden Frauen—Symbolismus in den Landschaftsbildern Gustav Klimts," Gegenwelten, Gustav Klimt–Künstlerleben im Fin de Siècle , Munich, 1996, p. 100 Alfred Weidinger, "Natursehen am Attersee, Aspekte der Landschaftsmalerei Gustav Klimts," Parnass , 2000, vol. 17, no. 20, p. 58 Stephan Koja, ed., Gustav Klimt, Landscapes , Munich, Berlin, London and New York, 2002, pl. 13, illustrated in color (dated 1902) Alfred Weidinger, ed., Gustav Klimt , Munich, Berlin, London and New York, 2007, no. 156, p. 274, illustrated in color; p. 141, detail illustrated (dated 1902) Tobias G. Natter, ed., Gustav Klimt, The Complete Paintings , Cologne, 2012, no. 144, pp. 296 and 583, illustrated in color; pp. 274, 277 and 492 (dated 1902) Exh. Cat., Vienna, Leopold Museum, Gustav Klimt, Die Sammlung im Leopold Museum , 2013, p. 34, illustrated in color (dated 1902) Sandra Tretter and Peter Weinhäupl, eds., Gustav Klimt, Summer Sojourns on the Attersee , 1900–1916 , Vienna, 2015, no. 12, p. 103, illustrated in color; n.p., detail illustrated (dated 1902) Tobias G. Natter, ed., Gustav Klimt, Drawings and Paintings , Cologne, 2018, p. 416, illustrated in color (dated 1902) Sonja Niederacher, Dossier zu Gustav Klimt, Am Attersee, 1900 , Leopold Museum, Vienna, 31 January 2019, p. 5, illustrated in color; p. 20, illustrated in an installation photograph of the 1928 Secession exhibition Exhibited Vienna, Secession, XVIII. Ausstellung der Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs, Secession, Kollektiv-Ausstellung Gustav Klimt , 1903–04, no. 37 (titled Insel and dated 1903) Vienna, Secession, Klimt-Gedächtnisausstellung, XCIX. Ausstellung der Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Wiener Secession , 1928, no. 48 (titled Wasserstudie: Die Insel (Attersee) ) Bern, Kunsthalle, Österreichische Malerei und Plastik im 20. Jahrhundert , 1937, no. 1 (titled Wasserspiegel ) Paris, Galerie St. Etienne, L ’Art Autrichien, 1939 New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Saved from Europe , 1940, no. 20 New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Austrian Art of the Nineteenth Century, From Waldmueller to Klimt , 1950, no. 11 (titled Attersee ) New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918: Oils and Drawings , 1959, n.p., illustrated in color New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Kubin , 1961, no. 3 (titled Attersee and dated circa 1903) Berkeley, University Art Gallery and Pasadena Art Museum, Viennese Expressionism 1910–1924, The Work of Egon Schiele with Work by Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka , 1963, no. 11, n.p., illustrated in color (titled Attersee and dated after 1900) New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele , 1965, no. 3, p. 33, illustrated in color (titled Attersee and dated 1900-01) New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Vienna 1900: Art, Architecture & Design , 1986, n.n., p. 191, illustrated in the catalogue (dated circa 1901) New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Gustav Klimt: Paintings and Drawings, The Second in a Series Celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Galerie St. Etienne , 1989, no. 6 (dated circa 1901) New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Saved from Europe, Otto Kallir and the History of the Galerie St. Etienne , 1999–2000, pl. 11, illustrated in color (dated circa 1901) Williamstown, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and Vienna, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Gustav Klimt—Landscapes , 2002-03, no. 13, illustrated in color and a detail illustrated on the cover New York, Neue Galerie, Selections from the Permanent Collection, Focus: Oskar Kokoschka , 2009 New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Alternate Histories, Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Galerie St. Etienne , 2015, no. 16 New York, Galerie St. Etienne, The Expressionist Legacy, The Third in a Series of Exhibitions Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the Galerie St. Etienne , 2019-20, no. 17 (dated 1901)