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Nude (Study for "Medicine," University of Vienna, 1901)

Artist Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862–1918)
Title Nude (Study for "Medicine," University of Vienna, 1901)
Date 1898–1900
Medium Graphite on paper
Dimensions Image: 17 3/8 × 12 1/4 in. (44.1 × 31.1 cm)
Sheet: 17 3/8 × 12 1/4 in. (44.1 × 31.1 cm)
Framed: 26 1/8 × 20 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (66.4 × 51.1 × 3.5 cm)
Credit Line Jane and Roger Wolcott Memorial, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 69.103

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1969, Gift to the Indiana University Art Museum from Thomas T. Solley

1965–1969, Collection of Thomas T. Solley, Indianapolis, IN (purchase from FAR Gallery) [1]

?–1965, with FAR Gallery, New York, NY

after 1957–?, with Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, IL [2]

Notes:

[1] Solley (1924–2006) was a member of the Lilly family, renowned for its philanthropy, as well as for its art collection. He served as director of the Indiana University Art Museum from 1971 until 1986.

[2] Chicago native Richard L. Feigen (1930–2021) began collecting at a young age and went on to open the first branch of gallery in 1957. Feigen was an early American advocate for German expressionism, which he also collected.


Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.

January 16–March 3, 1985, "Drawings from Indiana University Art Museum Collections," Special Exhibitions Gallery, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN

October 23–December 3, 1977, "German and Austrian Expressionism," Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN

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