Gustav Klimt, Jurisprudence, 1931 (after)

1931

This exquisite heliogravure and collotype after Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), titled Vision (Vision), from the folio Das Werk von Gustav Klimt (The Work of Gustav Klimt), originates from...

This exquisite heliogravure and collotype with metallic inks after Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), titled Brautzug (Bridal Procession), from the folio Gustav Klimt, Eine Nachlese (Gustav K...

This exquisite heliogravure and collotype with metallic inks after Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), titled Erwartung (Expectation), from the folio Gustav Klimt, Eine Nachlese (Gustav Klimt,...

This exquisite heliogravure and collotype after Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), titled Medizin (Medicine), from the folio Das Werk von Gustav Klimt (The Work of Gustav Klimt), originates f...

DAS WERK GUSTAV KLIMTS, a portfolio of 50 prints, ten of which are multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under ...

As an artist trained in the applied arts, Gustav Klimt valued all forms of art, including the graphic arts. This final design from 1896 for inclusion in Allegorien published by Gerlach & Schenk demonstrates respect for artistic precedent and for a wide range of media and technique. The publication was printed in an unknown number of copies. Klimt’s rendering in latin of the title, “SCVLPTVR.,” with three-dimensional effect on the wall, is a figurative allusion to this medium as well as a literal reference to Ancient Rome. By doing the same with his signature and date in roman numerals on the right hand side of the image, Klimt places himself, The Artist, firmly in this linear and legitimizing context of art history and as its modern standard-bearer. Playing on Classical mythology and the story of Pygmalion, in which a statue comes to life, Klimt presents his modern Venus holding an apple. Klimt’s Venus exhibits a curvilinear softness; there are no angles. Klimt deftly shows the possibilities in a graphic image to give life to dark, wavy hair and tenderness to swelling breasts and belly. To further emphasize the allegory of thriving modern art, he contrasts his Venus with the cold, hard ancient classical head whose eyes are vacuous and whose hair is but a stylized mass of curls. Klimt’s living Venus stands in front of the large bust and large classical pillar upon which is a sculpture of a Sphinx and a Greek Attic bust. As if a gallery to represent sculpture’s “best of” through the ages, the upper horizontal panel includes bust depictions in marble, cast metal and wood...

Poster. Measures 16 x 11 inches and is Unframed. Good/Fair Condition-signs of wear consistent with age and handling (please see secondary images for details).

DAS WERK GUSTAV KLIMTS, a portfolio of 50 prints, ten of which are multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper wi...