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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.264
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Toward the Light
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Mot lyset
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1914-1916
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/343032

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in light and dark blue, yellow, and red ink on cream wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 100.5 × 75.5 cm (39 9/16 × 29 3/4 in.)
framed: 116.8 × 91.4 cm (46 × 36 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right corner of sheet, graphite: Edv Munch
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: P A S / - / L G S [Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, Lugt 5642]
  • collector's mark: from old mount, now removed: P A S / - / L G S [Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, Lugt 5642]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Franklin Collection. [Kornfeld & Klipstein Gallery, Bern], sold; to Philip and Lynn Straus (1973-2012); Lynn Straus, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll III/III
Standard Reference Number
Woll 485

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
2012.264
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Elizabeth Prelinger, Edvard Munch: Master Printmaker, exh. cat., W. W. Norton & Company and Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum (New York and London, 1983), pl. 51
  • 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
  • Sebastian Schütze, Friedrich Nietzsche and the Artists of the New Weimar, exh. cat., National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, 2019), cat. no. 29, repr.

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
  • Friedrich Nietzsche and the Artists of the New Weimar, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 04/18/2019 - 08/25/2019

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