In the 1920s, German artist Angelika Hoerle exhibited at the Nierendorf Gallery in Cologne, where Katherine Dreier purchased this drawing, along with several other works, during a visit to Germany in 1922. Hoerle was known for her participation in the Cologne Dada exhibition at the Cologne Kunstverein in 1919, as well as her involvement with the Dada review Stupid 1 with Franz Seiwert and her husband, the artist Heinrich Hoerle, among others. The mannequin-like figure in this drawing suggests the influence of Max Ernst, who also participated in the Cologne Dada movement, though the elegant use of line and striking juxtaposition of black and white areas convey Hoerle’s unique visual language, shaped in part by her earlier career as a textile designer. Hoerle’s involvement in Cologne Dada was sadly cut short by her early death from tuberculosis in 1923.