Seated Woman
ca 1910
Klimt captures a woman in profile here, her gaze fixed on something unseen, rendered in his signature scratchy, energetic lines. She wears a loose, patterned robe—likely a 'Reform Dress' that was all the rage in Vienna around 1910 for rejecting tight corsets. You can see white highlights scribbled over the sketch, adding a ghostly shimmer to the swirling circles on her clothing. This feels less like a formal portrait and more like a private, intimate moment caught in the artist's sketchbook, showing how even his quick studies were obsessed with decorative pattern.
- Technique
- Pencil and white chalk
- Material
- Paper
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