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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M21162
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Melancholy I
Other Titles
Title: Evening
Former Title: Abend - Melancholy
Original Language Title: Aften. Melankoli I
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1896
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/187270

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on cream wove paper, mounted by the artist on coarse brown paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 37.5 × 44.5 cm (14 3/4 × 17 1/2 in.)
mounting sheet: 60.5 × 68.4 cm (23 13/16 × 26 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower margin of mounting paper below right corner of print, graphite: Edvard Munch 1897
  • collector's mark: mounting paper, below and to left of lower left corner of print: H S [monogram; Heinsrich Stinnes (Lugt 1376a)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iv
Standard Reference Number
Woll 91, Schiefler 82

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Philip and Lynn Straus
Accession Year
1990
Object Number
M21162
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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