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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M21542
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Old Man Praying
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Old Man at Prayer
Original Language Title: Gammel mann i bønn
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1902
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/252936

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black and pale orange inks on off-white Japanese laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 45.8 × 33 cm (18 1/16 × 13 in.)
sheet: 52 × 38.7 cm (20 1/2 × 15 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right corner of sheet margin, graphite: E Munch / No 40
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: P A S / - / L G S [Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, Lugt 5642]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering above:
    THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / M21542
    [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lynn and Philip A. Straus, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, July 13, 1991.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll a or b/b II/II
Standard Reference Number
Woll 205, Schiefler 173

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lynn and Philip A. Straus, class of 1937
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
M21542
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), pl. 85
  • 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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