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A woman leans over a man whose head is in her lap

Inky black lines depict two figures at center, shown from the torso up. A man leans forward, his face buried in the lap of a woman. Her hair falls around his head as she leans in, bringing her mouth to his neck. Her bare arm cradles his head and her hand rests on his shoulder. The tips of the fingers of her right hand can be seen on his other shoulder, her hair falling over it and down his back. Shadowy lines echoing the shape of her head extend upward behind her, merging with the rhythmic vertical marks of the background.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M20231
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Vampire II
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Mirror
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1895
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/253507

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in black ink on heavy cream wove paper, mounted by the artist on coarse brown paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 37.5 × 54.5 cm (14 3/4 × 21 7/16 in.)
mount: 66 × 67.7 cm (26 × 26 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower margin of mounting sheet toward the right corner of printing sheet, graphite: Edvard Munch 1897
  • collector's mark: mounting sheet below lower left corner of printing sheet, red stamp (very blurred): H N [monogram; Heinrich Stinnes (Lugt 1376a)]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Kaare Bertsen A/S, Oslo, 1983].

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll i/x
Standard Reference Number
Woll 41, Schiefler 34

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Lynn and Philip A. Straus, Class of 1937
Object Number
M20231
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 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
  • Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch: The Complete Graphic Works, Orfeus Publishing (Oslo, 2012), no. 41, p. 71

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
  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/11/2016 - 03/16/2017

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