By the Deathbed | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2012.259
People: Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title: By the Deathbed
Other Titles: Former Title: By the Death Bed (Todeskampf) (fever)
Original Language Title: Ved dødssengen
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1893
Culture: Norwegian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/343024

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lithograph printed in black ink on cream wove paper, discolored to tan

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

image: 39.5 × 51 cm (15 9/16 × 20 1/16 in.)
sheet: 48 × 59.8 cm (18 7/8 × 23 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower margin below right corner of image, graphite (extremely faint, as if erased): E Munch
collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: P A S / - / L G S [Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, Lugt 5642]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Wenche Foss. Philip and Lynn Straus (1983-2012); Lynn G. Straus, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iv/iv
Standard Reference Number: Woll 64, Schiefler 72

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lynn G. Straus in memory of Philip A. Straus
Accession Year: 2012
Object Number: 2012.259
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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