Gustav Klimt

Water Serpents II

US$ 624.00

Female figures drift horizontally through water, hair and patterned fabric merging into a continuous decorative surface of gold, green and violet. Klimt reworked the canvas over roughly a decade, and the figures dissolve into ornament to the point where the boundary between body and background stops mattering. It is among the most openly sensual pictures he made.

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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) led the Vienna Secession and built a manner that fused Byzantine gold ground, Japanese pattern and Symbolist eroticism into something entirely his own. He worked slowly, kept few close relationships outside his studio and family circle, and faced repeated public controversy over the sexual frankness of his work. Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka both emerged from his orbit.

Material Archival canvas
Frame Supplied rolled, unframed
Print Fine-art print, printed to order
Size 54 × 30 inches
Delivery 2–3 weeks
Certificate of Authenticity Included, emailed on delivery
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