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GUSTAV KLIMT Austrian 1862-1918 Oil on Paper Lady

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GUSTAV KLIMT Austrian 1862-1918 Oil on Paper Lady
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Oil on paper. Featuring a portrait of a lady in a black hat.. Signed and attr. Gustav Klimt (Austrian 1862-1918). Signature on lower right side. Stamped on verso. 10.6 x 7.5 inch (27 x 19 cm). Austrian painter Gustav Klimt had many quirks. Once, his patron Friederika Maria Beer-Monti came to his studio to have her portrait painted, wearing a flashy polecat jacket designed by Klimt's friends at the Wiener Werkstätte. One would think Klimt would approve, but instead he had her turn it inside out to expose the red silk lining, and that was how he painted her. But Klimt, Vienna's most renowned artist of the era, had the prestige to do this. He is still remembered as one of the greatest decorative painters of the 20th century, while also producing one of the century's most significant bodies of erotic art.