In collaboration with Richard Nagy Ltd.

I never painted a self-portrait. I am not interested in myself as a subject; rather, I am drawn to other people, especially women. Whoever wishes to understand me as an artist - which is the only remarkable aspect - should look at my paintings and discern through them who I am and what I seek to express. —Gustav Klimt

If Klimt’s paintings offer a way to understand the artist, his drawings bring us closer still—distilling his vision into its most direct and intimate form.

Gladstone and Richard Nagy Ltd. present Women, an exhibition of studies and drawings by Gustav Klimt. Both intellectually rigorous and spectacularly decorated, the exhibition is an overview of Klimt’s mature style of drawing, one that owes more to the German artistic movement Jugendstil than the academic. Notably, Klimt’s extensive collection of erotic drawings, which sparked controversy both during his lifetime and after, remains a significant aspect of his oeuvre. Today, the preparatory drawings related to his paintings are regarded as some of Klimt’s finest works. Women is on view at Gladstone’s East 64th Street space May 15 through June 17.