Old Man Praying | Harvard Art Museums

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 on off-white Japanese 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, 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: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M21542

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: 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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