In Ectasy (before 1912)

Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl :: In Ekstase (Studie zu “Sic Transit”). In Ecstasy (Study on ‘Sic Transit’). Charcoal and white chalk on blue-gray laid paper. Preliminary study for the monumental polyptichon “Sic Transit” (1912) in the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna in Rome. The drawing prepares the ghostly female figure that can be seen in the left panel in the right background. – Provenance: From the artist’s estate (stamp on verso). Galleria Carlo Virgilio, Rome (stamp on verso). | src invaluable and Bassenge

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