Published: Werner, Gustav Klimt, One Hundred Drawings, New York, 1972, number 42 (illustrated); Strobl, Gustav Klimt: Die Zeichnungen, 1904-1912, Salzburg, 1982, volume II, page 113, number 1542 (illustrated).
In her 1982 catalogue, Strobl calls this work and others of the same subject—striding female nudes—from around the same time period, "Stylized, yet full of life from head to toe." She notes that while no specific painting by Klimt (1862-1918) has been identified for which this and the other similar drawings are known to be studies, they may relate to the Stoclet Frieze, a series of three mosaics created by Klimt for a 1905-11 commission for the Palais Stoclet in Brussels. The panels depict a swirling Tree of Life, a standing female figure and an embracing couple.
