(Vienna 1862–1918)
Bust of a man in three-quarters profile, 1888/89, preparatory study probably made for the portraits in the auditorium at the Altes Burgtheater, Vienna (Novotny/Dobai, no. 44), handwritten confirmation: Nachlaß meines Bruders Gustav Hermine Klimt, black chalk with white accents on paper, 45.3 x 31.6 cm, laid down on cardboard, (K)

Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen 1878–1918, supplement, vol. IV, Verlag Galerie Welz, 1989, pages 46 and 47 (ill. no. 13287), see also vol. I, pages 68–75

See also:
Fritz Novotny/Johannes Dobai, Gustav Klimt, Verlag Galerie Welz, 1967, page 290, note below no. 44:
The picture, commissioned in 1887, represents the interior of the now demolished Altes Burgtheater building on Michaelerplatz. It was there that the last theatrical performance took place on 12 October 1888. There is a heliogravure of this image, with an accompanying explanatory sheet, at the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna. The explanatory sheet gives the name of the sitter. Nebehay 1962 mentions repetitions of this portrait, which are, however, now probably lost.

Provenance:
formerly Hermine Klimt (1865-1938 sister of the artist), Vienna
Private Ownership, Vienna

Frame on loan