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Golden Apple Tree

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Creator	Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918
Title	Golden Apple Tree
Title Translation	Goldener Apfelbaum
Date	1903
Date Destroyed or Lost	1945
Nationality	Austrian
Medium	oil on canvas
Object Dimensions	100 x 100 cm
Circumstances of Destruction or Loss	Golden Apple Tree, along with other paintings from the Lederer collection, was removed to the Schloss Immendorf in Lower Austria for safekeeping where it were destroyed when the castle was burned by retreating SS troops in 1945.
Notes	Exhibited in the Secession Klimt exhibition of 1903, the Golden Apple Tree employed the metallic gold decoration that would become a part of many of Klimt's later works, such as the Stoclet Frieze. For more information, see: Novotny, Fritz, and Johannes Dobai. Gustav Klimt; with a Catalogue Raisonne of His Paintings. New York: Praeger, 1968. cat. no. 133
Subjects	World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war Art treasures in war Trees Landscapes Apple Trees
Source	Library Collection of Study Photographs and Clippings, ca. 1930-2000, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Records, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Form-Genre	Paintings
Collection	Lost Art
Local Item Type	unlabeled clipping
CONTENTdm number	529