Estelle Ginsburg

Klimt, Lithograph by Estelle Ginsburg

circa 1979

Artist: Estelle Ginsburg, American Title: Women of Intellect #6 Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Size: ...

Artist: Steven Pollack Title: Rie Miyazawa Olympia Year: 1992 Medium: Lithograph with Superfine Glitter, Signed in Pencil. Edition: AP Size: 31 x 43 inches

Etching, numbered and signed, by the Italian artist Mino Trafeli (Volterra, Italy 1922-2018). This important print is dedicate to Gustav Klimt, made with...

After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #1, Die Freundinnen II; multi-color collotype after 1916/17 painting in oil on canvas which was destroyed by fire in May 1945 at Immendorf Castle Lower Austria. Eisler’s choice to begin his 1931 portfolio of works by Klimt with Girlfriends II was both bold and prescient. Just 14 years later, the painting was tragically destroyed in a fire. With such a loss, this rare and exquisite image is all the more valuable by virtue of having been made in color. In works from his late period, Klimt continued his fascination with exploring female dynamics and their various forms of love. Girlfriends II is a fine example of how space, color and ornament play a noticeable role in the evolution of his symbolic language. Wide swaths of space in the background as well as the two female forms create the structure. Klimt’s strong brushstrokes show a painterly quality and a new move toward abstraction which feels very far away from his earlier work. Nor should Klimt’s economy of line be overlooked. His draughtsmanship is what infuses the female bodies with movement, emotion and a profundity of life. Both women confront the viewer’s gaze unselfconsciously, as if they are modern-day Viennese women stepping out of a Klimtesque ukiyo-e print. Characteristic of this late period, Klimt uses ornament...