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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.262
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
The Woman and the Heart
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Heart
Former Title: Upper Body of a Naked Girl--The Maiden and the Heart
Original Language Title: Kvinnen og hjertet
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1899
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/343028

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint printed in black and red ink on off-white modern laid paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
sheet: 31 x 44 cm (12 3/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
plate: 24.5 x 34.5 cm (9 5/8 x 13 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: On verso, in graphite: Meget sjeldet Plan er som Regel delt
  • inscription: inscribed, lower right margin below the corner of the plate, graphite: E Munch
  • inscription: verso, lower margin, graphite: Meget sjeldent / platen er som regel delt [Very rare / The plate is normally divided]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sotheby's, London, 1980s], sold; to Philip and Lynn Straus (1983-2012); Lynn Straus, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iv
Standard Reference Number
Woll 55, Schiefler 48

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lynn G. Straus in memory of Philip A. Straus
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.262
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Elizabeth Prelinger, Edvard Munch: Master Printmaker, exh. cat., W. W. Norton & Company and Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum (New York and London, 1983), p. 23, pl. 9
  • Elizabeth Prelinger, Guide to the Exhibition "Edvard Munch: Master Printmaker. Prints from The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection", brochure, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1983), checklist

Exhibition History

  • Edvard Munch: Master Printmaker, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 10/06/1983 - 11/27/1983; Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, 01/29/1984 - 03/25/1984

Verification Level

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