Gustav Klimt

Death and Life

US$ 642.00

On the right, a mass of sleeping figures of every age tangled together in patterned colour; on the left, separated by a gap of dark ground, a skeleton in a robe of crosses watching them. The two halves never touch. It is the largest and most ambitious of Klimt’s allegorical works, and the ornament carries most of the argument.

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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) built the most recognisable decorative language of European art — gold leaf, mosaic pattern, flattened ornament wrapped around figures drawn with real anatomical care. He worked on this canvas for over a decade, winning first prize at the 1911 Rome International Exhibition with it and then reworking it again afterwards, replacing the gold background with a deep blue-green.

Material Archival canvas
Frame Supplied rolled, unframed
Print Fine-art print, printed to order
Size 44 × 39 inches
Delivery 2–3 weeks
Certificate of Authenticity Included, emailed on delivery
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