Gustav Klimt (After) - Bidnis der Frau Marie Henneberg.

Gustav Klimt (After) - Bidnis der Frau Marie Henneberg.

Size 29 cm x 24 cm

* Artist: Gustav Klimt (After)
* Title: Bidnis der Frau Marie Henneberg
* Year: 1920
* Edition: 137 from the rare limited edition of 500
* Publisher: Osterreichische Staatsdruckerei
* Suite: Gustav Klimt by Max Eisler
* Medium: Offset lithograph on card stock backed paper
* Condition: Mint
* Comes with a Letter of Authenticity and a Lifetime Guarantee

Condition Excellent

Gustav Klimt (14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches and other objets d’art. Klimt’s primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism.

Max Eisler (1881-1937), the publisher of the 1931 Aftermath portfolio, was an art historian at Vienna University specializing in modern and contemporary arts and crafts whose 1920 book on Klimt was the first Klimt monograph. He saw An Aftermath as filling-in important gaps left by the earlier print portfolios which had only featured Klimt up to 1913 and which had glossed over major art projects such as the Tree of Life frieze for the Palais Stoclet. And whereas only 10 of the 50 prints from the earlier portfolios published by H.O. Miethke were made in intricate multi-color images, Eisler augmented the earlier format by featuring half of the 30 images in stunning multi-colored collotypes. Understanding the fragile nature of the collotype printing process also reinforces this project’s distinctive and exceptional characteristics. Fragile collotype plates can not be reused. As such, this necessitates the completion of a run on the first go and also dictates a limited production number. Printed by hand, the collotypes required deft handling by the printer, Osterreichische Staatsdruckerei.