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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G8856
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Mystical Shore
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Strandmystikk; Meereslandschaft; The Stump; Marine View
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1897
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Norway
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273149

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in dark blue, light blue, orange, and green inks on cream wove paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
image: 37.2 x 57 cm (14 5/8 x 22 7/16 in.)
sheet: 37.9 x 58.3 cm (14 15/16 x 22 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Edv Munch
  • inscription: lower right corner of image, just above the printed "frame", graphite: Edv Munch
  • inscription: lower edge of sheet, just below the left corner of the image, graphite: Edv Munch
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 24 [encircled by a borderline]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    GRAY COLLECTION, / HARVARD COLLEGE / 8856 [Lugt 1101]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll c.v
Standard Reference Number
Woll 117 , Schiefler 125b

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G8856
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch: The Complete Graphic Works, Orfeus Publishing (Oslo, 2012), no. 117, p. 143

Exhibition History

  • From the Realists to the Expressionists: Works on Paper by Central European Artists from 1870 to 1918, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/14/1983 - 04/29/1983
  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/22/2018 - 09/27/2018

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