From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Woman with Red Hair and Green Eyes

Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2012.270
People: Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title: Woman with Red Hair and Green Eyes
Other Titles: Alternate Title: The Sin
Original Language Title: Kvinne med redt hår og grenne eyne. Synden
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1901
Culture: Norwegian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/343040

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lithograph printed in red, yellow and green ink on cream Japanese paper

Dimensions

image: 69.6 x 40.2 cm (27 3/8 x 15 13/16 in.)
sheet: 76.5 x 48.5 cm (30 1/8 x 19 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower margin below right corner of image, graphite: Edv Munch
inscription: lower right corner of sheet, graphite: R5944

Provenance

[Marlborough Gallery, London], sold; to Philip and Lynn Straus (1983-2012); Lynn Straus, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: ii2/v
Standard Reference Number: Woll 198, Schiefler 142

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: 2012.270
Division: European and American Art
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Exhibition History

32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 02/03/2015

Adam and Eve, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/01/2018 - 01/06/2019

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