Item: The Kiss by Gustav Klimt

'The Kiss' by Gustav Klimt, painted around 1907-1908 sits in the Oesterreichische Galerie in Vienna Austria. You can see the man leaning over and kissing a kneeling woman, all shrouded in symbolically patterned gold with a bed of flowers below them. This Austrian painter has a curious and elegant beauty that the Austrians enthusiastically responded to. The Kiss is a fascinating icon of the loss of self that lovers experience. Only faces and hands of this couple are visible; all the rest is a great swirl of gold, studded with colored rectangles as if to express visually the emotional and physical explosion of erotic love. Produced on artist canvas, this giclee is hand-embellished to re-create the original texture. Comes ready to hang with gallery- quality wood frame and brass nameplate. Image size: 25"x20". Overall size: 31"x2"x26"