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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M21549
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Poster: Man's Head in Woman's Hair
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Poster for "The Mirror"
Series/Book Title: The Mirror
Original Language Title: Plakat: Mannshode i kvinnehår
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1897
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/253115

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in black, red, green, and gold ink on off-white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 71 x 53 cm (27 15/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: the lettering on the poster, printed as a reserve or in black ink: Edvard Munch / Maleri-Udstilling / Dioramaet / Carl Johs.Gd. 41. / Kl. Form-10 Aften / Entre:50 øre / Petersen & Waitz, lith.Kr.ania
  • inscription: below the woman's hair, printed in black ink: E Munch
  • inscription: printed in black ink at the four corners of the image and below the image at the bottom center; this lower center mark is overlaid by a gold registration mark: [straight line registration marks]
  • inscription: at the right upper corner at the right edge, a partial green registratoin mark: [ registration mark]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
Woll 107

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
M21549
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. 92
  • 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
  • "Lugt 5642: Philip Albert Straus et Lynn Gross Straus", Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, Fondation Custodia (June 2020), http://www.marquesdecollections.fr/detail.cfm/marque/13157, accessed July 20, 2020

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
  • Touchstone: 200 Years of Artists' Lithographs, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/15/1998 - 11/01/1998; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 07/17/1999 - 09/26/1999; Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, 09/30/1999 - 12/10/2000; William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Museum, Chapel Hill, 02/04/2001 - 05/13/2001

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