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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.594
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Printed by M. W. Lassally
Title
Encounter in Space
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Møte i verdensrommet
Original Language Title: Begegnung im Weltall
Former Title: Meeting in Space
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1898-1899
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379720

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut from a sawn block in printed in black, red and greenish blue inks on off-white Japanese paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
image: 18.4 × 25.1 cm (7 1/4 × 9 7/8 in.)
sheet: 27 × 32.1 cm (10 5/8 × 12 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): lower sheet margin to right, below block corner,graphite: Edv Munch
  • collector's mark: on ragboard mount, lower left, blue ink:
    P A S / - / L G S [Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus (Lugt 5642)]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: W [or] M 30

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private collection. [Achim Moeller, London], sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1974, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll b
Standard Reference Number
Woll 136; Schiefler 135

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.594
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), pp. 82-83, 136, repr. p. 83 and p. 136 as Color Pl. 63
  • 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

Verification Level

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