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Creator	Klimt, Gustav, 1862-1918
Title	Music II
Title Translation	Die Musik
Inscription	Inscribed lower right: GUSTAV KLIMT
Date	1898
Date Destroyed or Lost	1945
Nationality	Austrian
Medium	oil on canvas
Object Dimensions	150 x 200 cm
Circumstances of Destruction or Loss	Music II, 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	Music II was painted as a pendant to Schubert at the Piano of 1899 (also destroyed) for the music salon of the Palais Nikolaus Dumba in Viennna. It was exhibited in the First Vienna Secession exhibition in 1898, and later acquired by August Lederer.
Subjects	World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war Art treasures in war Allegories Music Figures -- Female Sphinxes (Mythology) Lyres
Source	Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library Photo Archive, 225 South Street, Williamstown MA, 01267
Form-Genre	Painting
Collection	Lost Art
Local Item Type	unlabeled clipping
CONTENTdm number	445