
Art Institute of Chicago
Portrait of a Lady in a High Hat
Gustav Klimt · n.d.
Provenance
Ownership history
- Estate of the artist, from 1918 [Lugt 1575]; sold to Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Vienna [according to a letter from Christine Stauffer of Galerie Kornfeld of January 8, 2004 in curatorial file]; sold to Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, by November 1957 [Bern 1957; letters from Dr. Eberhard Kornfeld of March 7, 2003 and Christine Stauffer in curatorial file]. Sold by Paul Drey Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute, 1962.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Bern, Gutekunst and Klipstein, "Gustav Klimt," November 30, 1957-January 4, 1958, cat. 31.
- New York, Este Gallery, 1962, cat. 55.
Literature
Published references
- Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt: Die Zeichnung 1904-1912 (Salzburg, 1982), no. 1927 (ill.).
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