Couple enlacé / Couple embracing, 1901
Gustav Klimt
Print - 64 x 48 x 1 cm Print - 25.2 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$731
Etudes 1 & 2 pour le serpent d'eau - Deux femmes enlacées, 1905 | Studies 1 & 2 for water snakes - Two women embracing, 1905,
2023
Gustav Klimt
Print : lithography, paper
47 x 63 x 1 cm 18.5 x 24.8 x 0.4 inch
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Numbered and limited to 85 copies
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47 x 63 x 1 cm 18.5 x 24.8 x 0.4 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Artwork location: France
TWO HANDSIGNED & NUMBERED LITHOGRAPHS.
Editon at 85 exemplars
Study for one of his most famous paintings "Water Snakes II", 2nd Version. From the original drawings of Gustav Klimt (Lepold museum, Vienna) & for the 1st time in the world in lithography.
Technique : Lithography
Date of edition : 2023
Publisher: France Art Diffusion
Size: 47,0 x 63,0 cm / 18.5 x 24.8 in.
Paper: BFK Rives 270g.
Justification: handsigned & numbered in pencil by the lithographer & the publisher.
Dry stamp publisher.
Mention in pencil: imp Clot, Paris (Clot printer).
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From drawing to printing, this lithograph was entirely handmade. With the same technical and artistic constraints, the same gestures reproduced on the same machines of yesteryear. Drawn & printed color by color on a 1920 Marinoni Voirin lithographic press.
Lithograph realized in the Clot Workshop in Paris. The Clot Workshop is one of the most ancient and famous lithography workshop of the world. Since 1896, its name is associated with those of the greatest painters of the end of the 19th century to now. Lautrec, Degas, Renoir, Rodin, Monet, Munch.... or more recently Foujita, Matisse, Calder, Soulages printed their artworks here.
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Gustav Klimt, born July 14, 1862, in Baumgarten, Austria-Hungary, is an Austrian Symbolist painter recognized as one of the most influential members of the Art Nouveau movement and co-founder of the Vienna Secession. His inimitable style, blending eroticism, symbolism, and lavish ornamentation, has left its mark on the history of modern art.
From an early age, Klimt demonstrated a remarkable talent for drawing . He entered the Vienna School of Applied Arts (Kunstgewerbeschule) in 1876, where he specialized in decorative painting. In 1883, he founded a studio with his brother Ernst Klimt and the artist Franz Matsch. Together, they created frescoes and decorations for prestigious public buildings, such as the Villa Hermes in Vienna, the Carlsbad Theater, and the ceiling of the Fiume Theater.
It was with the frescoes in the Burgtheater in Vienna (1886–1888) that Klimt began to distance himself from the academic style. He was awarded the Golden Order of Merit by Emperor Franz Joseph for his outstanding work.
In the late 1890s, Gustav Klimt became a central figure in the Vienna Secession, an art movement he founded in 1897 to promote modern and independent artists. He also became the artistic director of the group's magazine, Ver Sacrum, and actively participated in the spread of Art Nouveau in Austria.
During this period, Klimt produced a prolific body of work, with over 4,000 drawings and numerous major paintings. Among his iconic works are Pallas Athenaeum (1898), which marked his departure from academicism, and his famous panels commissioned for the University of Vienna—Philosophy, Medicine, and Jurisprudence. These works, with their bold, erotic style, sparked fierce controversy but affirmed his unique artistic language.
After leaving the Secession in 1905, Klimt developed a more refined and refined style, characterized by the use of gold leaf, arabesques, and dreamlike symbols. He created his most famous works: Judith I (1901), Danaë (1906), The Kiss (1907–1908)—considered his masterpiece—and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907), which has become an icon of modern art.
Gustav Klimt explored profound and recurring themes such as love, femininity, death, and eroticism. His portraits of women, both sensual and powerful, embody a vision of femininity that is both mystical and provocative.
Throughout his life, he maintained a close relationship with Emilie Flöge, her muse and likely model for several of his works, including The Kiss. Although he was never married, Klimt had several children from his relationships with various women.
Gustav Klimt died on February 6, 1918, in Vienna, following a stroke. He left behind a significant artistic legacy and influenced a generation of Austrian artists, including Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka. His work continues to inspire contemporary art and fascinate collectors, researchers, and art lovers around the world.
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