A raw and unflinching self-portrait rendered in Schiele's characteristically angular, expressive style, this work combines the fluid transparency of watercolour with the incisive mark-making of coloured crayon and pencil. The figure twists to the right with a tense, contorted energy, the sparse application of colour emphasizing the gaunt, exposed vulnerability of the human form against the stark white of the paper. True to Schiele's introspective vision, the work transforms self-examination into an act of psychological intensity, stripping the subject down to its most raw and unsettling essence.