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Bildnis Friederike Maria Beer.

Gustav Klimt

Peter Harrington Gallery United Kingdom

Artwork details

Artist

Gustav Klimt

Title

Bildnis Friederike Maria Beer.

Description

Edition of 500. Collotype in colours on chine colle paper laid down on heavy cream wove paper with untrimmed deckled edges. Image size: 31.6 x 24.4 cm. Sheet size: 48 x 45.5 cm. Framed size: 59 x 56.3 cm.

Presented in a handmade gold leaf frame with conservation acrylic glazing.

Excellent condition.

One of 30 prints from the Eine Nachlese portfolio.
Max Eisler (1881-1937), the publisher of this print, was an art historian at Vienna University who published the first Klimt monograph in 1914. He intended Eine Nachlese to complement Das Werk, the only folio set produced in Klimt's lifetime, which was overseen by Klimt up to 1913.
The collotype produces fine tonal gradations, sharp detail, and a continuous-tone effect unmatched by most other photomechanical processes. However, the surface of the gelatin-coated plate is extremely delicate and can break down under friction or over-inking. Plates wear out quickly, giving a short print-run, and maintaining consistent humidity during printing is crucial — even small fluctuations can ruin the plate. As a result, collotype printing is slow, exacting, and vulnerable to failure, but when successful it yields some of the finest printed images ever produced.

Date

1931

Medium

Collotype

Edition

500

Signature

Unsigned

Image

31.6 x 24.4 cm

Sheet

48 x 45.5 cm

Status

Available

Price

£4,500.00

The Artist

Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objet d’art. Klimt’s primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. In addition to his figurative works, which include allegories and portraits, he painted landscapes. Among the artists of the Vienna Secession, Klimt was the most influenced by Japanese art and its methods.