M21537: Harpy

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M21537

People

Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)

Title

Harpy

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Vampire
Original Language Title: Harpyie

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1895

Culture

Norwegian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/253101

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Drypoint printed in black ink with plate tone on heavy cream wove paper

Technique

Drypoint

Dimensions

plate: 29.8 × 21.6 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/2 in.)
sheet: 41.5 × 32 cm (16 5/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower sheet margin below lower right edge of plate, graphite: Edv Munch
• collector's mark: verso, blue stamp, stamped once in the plate area and once on the margin, with graphite numbering below the margin stamp: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M21537
• inscription: verso, marking pencil now turned purple by exposure to water: No= 3063
• inscription: verso, graphite: 49010|
• inscription: verso, graphite: Stt-

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

iv/iv

Standard Reference Number

Woll 4, Schiefler 4

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

M21537

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024

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