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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.271
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Attraction I
Other Titles
Former Title: Attraction 1 (Lovers on the shore)
Original Language Title: Tiltrekning I
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1896, printed 1916
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/343041

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in black ink on white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 71 × 53.6 cm (27 15/16 × 21 1/8 in.)
image, arched top: 47.2 × 35.5 cm (18 9/16 × 14 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower margin below right corner of image, graphite: Edv Munch
  • inscription: lower left corner of sheet, graphite: Ekely den 25/11 1916 / No 9.
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: P A S / - / L G S [Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, Lugt 5642]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Kaare Berntsen Gallery, Oslo], sold; to Philip and Lynn Straus (1976-2012); Lynn Straus, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll 75 c
Standard Reference Number
Woll 75, Schiefler 65

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
2012.271
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. 29
  • 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

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

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