£3,500 - £6,000
22ct Gold Embossed Gustav Klimt Limited Edition "Woman in Gold"
8831 - A totally stunning limited edition hand embellished 22ct gold Silkscreen of Gustav Klimt's famous painting "Woman in Gold" also known as 'Adele Bloch-Bauer I'. From a rare limited edition of only 100 numbered art pieces published Worldwide. It will be accompanied with a signed certificate of authenticity (signed by the Master Printer). This Silkscreen has been skilfully and painstakingly hand embellished with very high quality genuine 22ct gold leaf (printed to museum grade archival standard) It is framed to very high standard in a bespoke frame and float mounted, so the image sits out from the mount. Framed to conservation standard & ph neutral. Note: this rare piece of art will be supplied with a replacement valuation for £6000 (free of charge). Please see photos for detailing of the 22ct gold work. Please check the size as this is a large piece of art. Portrait of 'Adele Bloch-Bauer I' is a 1907 painting by Gustav Klimt. According to press reports it was sold for US$135 million to Ronald Lauder for his Neue Galerie in New York City in June 2006, which made it at that time the most expensive painting. Klimt took three years to complete the painting. It measures 54" x 54" [138 x 138 cm] and is made of oil and gold on canvas, showing elaborate and complex ornamentation as seen in the Jugendstil style. Klimt was a member of the Vienna Secession, a group of artists that broke away from the traditional way of painting. The picture was painted in Vienna and commissioned by Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer who was a banker and who married Adele when she was 18 and he was 35. Sadly, their three children all died at birth and Adele died in 1925. As a wealthy industrialist who had made his fortune in the sugar industry, he sponsored the arts and favoured and supported Gustav Klimt. Adele Bloch-Bauer became the only model who was painted twice by Klimt when he completed a second picture of her, Adele Bloch-Bauer II, in 1912. The picture was only returned to its rightful owner, Adele's niece, Maria Altmann, in 2006. Maria, who fled occupied Austria to the USA with her husband (saved by ransom from Dachau) remembered her aunt well 'I never saw her smile. She was always very serious and wore flowing white dresses and carried a gold cigarette holder when it was very unusual for women to smoke. She had a salon rather than ladies tea parties'. H: 127cm W: 127cm D: 6cm
