At the outbreak of WWII the painting was brought by the artist from Berlin to Southern Germany and, for this purpose, it was unstretched and rolled. Only in 1983, at the artist's instigation, it was repaired and mounted on a stretcher. After that Birkle signed the painting again..

Private collection, Austria (acquired directly from the artist)

Große Berliner Kunstausstellung 1922. Berlin, Landesausstellungsgebäude at Lehrter Bahnhof, cat. no. 53, full-page ill. 1 / Albert Birkle. Ölmalerei und Pastell. Salzburg. Museumspavillon at Mirabellgarten, Kulturamt der Stadt Salzburg and Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum, 1980, ill. 3 / Albert Birkle. De profundis. Hof, Freiheitshalle, organised by the cultural council of the city of Hof and Neue Münchner Galerie, 1986 (no cat.) / Albert Birkle. De profundis – aus der Tiefe. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Glasfensterentwürfe. Schweinfurt, Städtische Sammlungen; Munich, Galerie der Bayerischen Landesbank; Schramberg, Kulturzentrum im Schloß; Salzburg, Museum Carolino Augusteum; 1990, hors cat. (on display only in Salzburg), p. 11 (mentioned) / Albert Birkle. Unter dem Kreuz. Schramberg-Sulgen, Alte St. Laurentius-Kirche and Lauterbach, Galerie Kimmich, organised by Förderkreis Alte St. Laurentius Kirche, Kunstverein Wilhelm Kimmich and Landratsamt Rottweil, 2010 (no cat.)

Hochland, 24th vol., October 1926, p. 97 / Rudolf Pfefferkorn: Albert Birkle. Leben und Werk. Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1983, p. 12 / Sylvia Kraker: Albert Birkle 1900-1986. PhD diss., Universität Innsbruck, 1992, cat. no. 640, p. 268-271, ill. no. 74, p. 267 / Wolfgang Huber: Das Licht als Vorbote des Lebens. Grisebach. Das Journal.
Second issue 2012, p. 54/55