Estate of the artist
Gustav Ucicky, Vienna 
Private collection (sold: Christie's, New York, September 10, 2008, lot 12)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, taped to the glass along the left edge. The sheet is gently undulating. There is tape remannt in two points on the verso along the left edge. There are three small holes along the right edge, probably from a previous mounting. The sheet is horizontally cut (on 4,5 cm long) on the right part of the upper edge and there is a minor scuff to the left part of the upper edge. There is some paper skinning along the left edge and some minor creases in places. The sheet is light stained. This work is in overall good condition.
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The current work is a study in connection to a group of studies for the first state of Tod und Leben, 1911. 

This work will be included in the forthcoming supplement to the Klimt Catalogue raisonné being prepared by Dr Marian Bisanz-Prakken.