Galerie Ariadne, Vienna
Sale: Hassfurther, Vienna, 9-13th September 1976, lot 2822
Sale: Dorotheum, Vienna, 18-22nd May 1981, lot 799
Private Collection, Austria (sale: Dorotheum, Vienna, 28th November 2006, lot 10)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt, Die Zeichnungen 1904-1912, Salzburg, 1982, vol. II, no. 1529, illustrated p. 107

Executed on fine cream wove paper, not laid down and hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge. The sheet is time-stained and is lighter at the edges which is not visible when framed. There are flattened creases at all four corners, most notably in the lower right, and some scattered spots of foxing to the background. There are two areas of discolouration in the lower left of the sheet which are not visible when framed. This work is in overall good condition.
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