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Gustav Klimt / Apple Tree II

Apple Tree II

1916 · Oil on canvas

A dense, mosaic-like canopy of leaves fills the canvas, painted during Klimt's summers on the shores of Lake Attersee.

LocationParis, France
Dimensions80 × 80 cm

Why it matters

Klimt painted several trees, including this apple tree. In 2018 Austria admitted it had returned the painting to the wrong family, confusing its provenance with another Klimt.

Did you know?

  • It was painted in 1916.
  • Its original owner was the collector Serena Lederer.
  • The Nazis seized many of the Lederers' paintings.

Based on the Wikipedia article Apple Tree II (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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