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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.268
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
The Girls on the Bridge
Other Titles
Former Title: Girls on a Jetty
Original Language Title: Pikene på broen
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1896
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/343038

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching, drypoint, and sand-ground aquatint on buff wove paper
Technique
Etching, drypoint and aquatint
Dimensions
plate: 18.5 × 26.3 cm (7 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
sheet: 29.8 × 35.2 cm (11 3/4 × 13 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower margin below right corner of plate: E Munch
  • inscription: verso, graphite: [illeg.]/15
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: P A S / - / L G S [Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, Lugt 5642]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Christie, Manson, & Woods, London, July 5, 1979, lot 304], sold; to Philip and Lynn Straus (1979-2012); Lynn Straus, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
Woll 232, Schiefler 200

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
2012.268
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. 103
  • 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
  • Coming of Age: Egon Schiele and the Modernist Culture of Youth, brochure, Galerie St. Etienne (New York, 2005), checklist no. 40

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
  • Coming of Age: Egon Schiele and the Modernist Culture of Youth, Galerie St. Etienne, 11/15/2005 - 01/07/2006

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