Gustav Klimt (Austrian 1862-1918) Sitzende Von Vorne, Die Hande Ineinander Gelegt (Studie Zum Bildnis Fraulein Lieser) Seated Woman with Cupped Hands Seen from the Front (Study for the Portrait of Miss Lieser) Pencil on paper Signed (lower right) 50 x 32.5cm (19½ x 12¾ in.) Drawn circa 1917-1918. This work will be included in the forthcoming supplement to the Klimt Catalogue raisonné being prepared by Dr Marian Bisanz-Prakken. Provenance: Sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 10 November 1993, lot 450 Private Collection Sale, Sotheby's, London, 22 June 2017, lot 355 Property sold to benefit a charitable trust created by the late William de Gelsey