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Monochrome collotype on chine colle paper laid down on heavy cream wove paper with untrimmed deckled edges. Excellent condition. Presented in a handmade gold leaf frame with conservation acrylic glazing. One of 30 prints from the “Eine Nachlese / Dernière gerbe / An Aftermath” portfolio. “Gastein” was one of 16 original paintings by Klimt which were destroyed on 8 May 1945. The paintings were in storage in the Schloss Immendorf, a 16th century castle in Lower Austria, which was set on fire by a retreating tank division of the German army. Max Eisler (1881-1937), the publisher of this print, was an art historian at Vienna University who published the first Klimt monograph in 1914. He intended the “Eine Nachlass” portfolio to compliment “Das Werk”, the only folio set produced in Klimt’s lifetime, and overseen by Klimt up to 1913.
