Bust Portrait of a Female Nude from the Right

• Gustav Klimt (1862–1918)
• c. 1916
• Pencil on Japanese paper
• Leopold Museum, Vienna

This drawing was made between 1915 and 1916. Gustav Klimt closely studied and described the details of the model’s physical characteristics: the distinctive curve of the nose, the full lower lip, and the eyes with a melancholy air. The precise lines are continued in the body, showing Klimt’s interest in the balanced human form.