Gustav Klimt

Austrian, 1862 - 1918

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A baby nestles in a mass of frilly white fabric atop a colorful patchwork, perhaps a pile of quilts, against a sage and spring-green background in this square painting. The baby’s face and right hand peeks out from the mountain of fabric at the top center of the composition. The infant has ash-white skin with pink cheeks and lips, and looks down toward us with large dark eyes. The pile of fabric creates a mosaic-like mix of pattern and color with vibrant royal and baby blue, sage green, turquoise, butter yellow, and shell and salmon pink. Some patterns are outlined in black while brushstrokes swirl together in other areas. The background is mottled with cool mint and asparagus-green strokes against pale beige.
Gustav Klimt, Baby (Cradle), 1917/1918, oil on canvas, Gift of Otto and Franziska Kallir with the help of the Carol and Edwin Gaines Fullinwider Fund, 1978.41.1

Baby (Cradle)

Gustav Klimt · 1917/1918 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1978.41.1

Gustav Klimt, Curled up Girl on Bed, 1916/1917, graphite, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1974.83.1

Curled up Girl on Bed

Gustav Klimt · 1916/1917 · graphite ·  Accession ID  1974.83.1

Gustav Klimt, Standing Woman, c. 1910, graphite on buff wove paper, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2006.160.4

Standing Woman

Gustav Klimt · c. 1910 · graphite on buff wove paper ·  Accession ID  2006.160.4

Gustav Klimt, Portrait of a Woman, c. 1910, graphite, Rosenwald Collection, 1964.8.1151

Portrait of a Woman

Gustav Klimt · c. 1910 · graphite ·  Accession ID  1964.8.1151

Gustav Klimt, Reclining Woman, c. 1909, red crayon (on Japan paper?), Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1973.39.1

Reclining Woman

Gustav Klimt · c. 1909 · red crayon (on Japan paper?) ·  Accession ID  1973.39.1

Gustav Klimt, Study of a Nude Old Woman Clenching Her Fists, and Two Decorative Objects, c. 1901, black and blue crayon on wove paper, Gift of Dr. Otto Kallir, 1973.24.1

Study of a Nude Old Woman Clenching Her Fists, and Two Decorative Objects

Gustav Klimt · c. 1901 · black and blue crayon on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1973.24.1