2012.258: Inger in a Red Dress
Paintingslong-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
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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
Location
- Location
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Level 3, Room 3500, Special Exhibitions Gallery
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Oil and crayon on board
- Dimensions
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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
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- Signed: l.l.: E Munch 1896
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- Permissions
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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
Exhibition History
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