Fritz Wotruba * (Vienna 1907-1975) Akt eines Jünglings mit einem vor der Brust gelegten Arm / Nude of a boy with an arm before his chest, 1929/30, confirmation of the artist's wife, Lucy Wotruba, dated 15 November 1983 in handwriting in pencil on the reverse, pencil, watercolour on paper, 40 x 30 cm, framed This work may have been created in relation to the plastic “Junger Riese” - See: Fritz Wotruba, cat. rais., Erker-Verlag St. Gallen, 2002, page 134, no. 21. Full-page colour ill.: Werner Hofmann, Fritz Wotruba. Frühe Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, St. Gallen, Erker-Verlag, 1984 Exhibited: Fritz Wotruba. Frühe Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Erker-Galerie, St. Gallen, 6.10.1984 – 31.1.1985 Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Studiogalerie Innsbruck, 26.3. – 5.5.1985 Kulturhaus der Stadt Graz, Graz, 28.5. – 6.7.1985 Provenance: Private collection, Vienna