A woman dissolves into a mosaic of gold, silver and staring eyes

A woman is shown three-quarter length against an expanse of gold leaf, dark upswept hair. Her pale face and clasped hands are the only naturalistically modelled passages; everything else dissolves into flat ornament — spirals, triangles, eye-like circles and small squares in gold, silver, black and white cover dress and ground alike. A column of red and grey squares runs down the gold beside her, and a strip of green floor shows at lower left. The signature GUSTAV KLIMT is worked into the pattern at right.

Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) was the leading figure of the Vienna Secession, which he co-founded in 1897. His golden period portraits and allegories — The Kiss, the portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, the Beethoven Frieze — combine mosaic-like ornament and gold leaf with an unflinching treatment of the body, and his square landscapes of the Attersee are among the most serene paintings of the era. His works are held by the Belvedere in Vienna, the Neue Galerie in New York and the Leopold Museum.

Printed as a museum-grade giclée on Hahnemühle fine art paper using 12-ink archival pigment printing. Available handframed in FSC-certified wood with optional float glass, or unframed. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.