Private Collection, Austria (acquired in the 1950s)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge. There are three artist's pinholes to the lower right corner and three further pinholes along the right edge. The upper right corner is repaired and there are four repaired tears along the upper edge, the longest of which is approximately 5cm. long. There is a repaired area (3cm. wide) to the centre of the lower edge and three further repaired tears to the lower edge, the longest of which is approximately 3cm. There are two further smaller repaired tears to the left edge and a tear of 2mm. to the right edge. There are scattered flattened creases and faint spots of foxing to the sheet. This work is in overall fair condition.
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