Drawing result is a surprise even for Klimt in Austria

Works on paper by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) are regularly strong sellers at Austrian auctions, but even so, the result for one of his coloured pencil drawings at a Dorotheum (30/25% buyer’s premium) sale in Vienna was quite a surprise.

The 22 x 15in (56 x 37cm) composition from c.1908 was a preparatory drawing for one of Klimt’s mos…

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