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Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862–1918.)

Hope, II [Die Hoffnung]. (1907–08)

Oil, gold, and platinum on canvas, 43 1/2 x 43 1/2" (110.5 x 110.5 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Lauder and Helen Acheson Funds, and Serge Sabarsky

Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.

468.78

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Provenance:

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), Vienna. Until 1914
Eugenia Primavesi. Acquired by December 1914
Neue Galerie (Dr. Otto Kallir), Vienna. [Either sold by Dr. Kallir in 1937, or thereafter by Ms. Vita Künstler, to whom he transferred ownership of the Neue Galerie in 1938]
Private Collection. By 1964
Private Collection, Vienna. By 1969 / by 1975
Dr. Hans Barnas, Vienna. By 1977
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired from Mr. Barnas, through Galerie Beyeler, Basel, June 13, 1978

Alternate titles:

Vision
Universal Fertility
Legend
Die Hoffnung

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