Two Reclining Nudes
1905–1906
Medium
Colored pencil
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 3/8 × 8 9/16 in. (13.6 × 21.8 cm) Frame: 23 × 29 × 1 1/2 in. (58.4 × 73.7 × 3.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982
Accession Number
1984.433.194
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Gustav Klimt · 1862–1918
Gustav Klimt was born on July 14, 1862, in Baumgarten near Vienna, the second of seven children in a modest family of artistic bent. His father, Ernst Klimt, a gold engraver who had immigrated from Bohemia, and his mother, Anna Finster, an aspiring musician, instilled an early appreciation for craft and creativity amid financial hardship. Klimt displayed prodigious drawing talent, prompting his en...