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Oil painting of a woman in a red dress smiling as she stands before a flower bush.

long-sleeved, floor-length red gown, cinched at the waist, featuring a white detail around the collarbone. Her brownish-red hair is parted in the middle in an updo. Her hands are situated behind her back around the blue belt of her dress. A flower bush sits to the left with swirling lines and dots of varying colors depicting vines and flowers. A bright blue sky and the green ground are present, though portions of the board are left unpainted revealing the tan board beneath.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.258
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Inger in a Red Dress
Other Titles
Former Title: Girl in a Red Dress (Inger Munch)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1896
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/343022

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil and crayon on board
Dimensions
irregular: 98.8 x 62.5 cm (38 7/8 x 24 5/8 in.)
frame: 111.7 x 75 cm (44 x 29 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l.: E Munch 1896

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Henrik Bull (by 1951). Otto Tschudi, (c.1953-1986), sold; [Christie's London, March 31, 1987 (Lot 82). Lynn and Philip Straus, New York (2002-2004); Lynn Straus (2004-2012) gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum/Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

NOTE
Henrik Bull(1864-1953) was an architect who designed Munch's studio; according to gallery records on file, he received the painting from the artist.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Lynn G. Straus in memory of Philip A. Straus
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.258
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch: Complete Paintings, Thames & Hudson (London, 2009), vol. 1, no. 355, repr., p. 1661
  • "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

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