In November 1931, Gabriele Münter wrote the note "Horvath in a red jacket" in her workbook. Towards the end of that month, she had made several sketches of the playwright, who had just received the Kleist Prize. The sketches served as a template for two portraits, the whereabouts of which were uncertain for a long time. By a fortunate coincidence, one of these portraits was loaned to the Murnau Castle Museum in 2008. On the back of the Murnau autumn landscape "Trees on Hagenweg", the writer sits in a relaxed, bent-over position in front of a pink background, the outline of which is marked by strong black lines. The pose of the person portrayed also makes him appear to be in conversation with the painter. The picture is a quickly made oil sketch. This can be seen from the unfinished eye area, the unworked edges and the glazed application of paint. The cardboard is unpainted on the sides, but has a signature and number on the left edge. The rediscovery of the portrait is seen by Münter and Horváth researchers as further confirmation of a friendly connection between the playwright and the painter, whose paths crossed in Murnau. An acquaintance that ended abruptly in 1933. Due to the growing threat from the National Socialists, Ödön von Horváth was forced to first leave the town and later the country.