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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.600
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Two Human Beings. The Lonely Ones
Other Titles
Original Language Title: To mennesker. De ensomme
Original Language Title: Xwel Menschen, die Einsamen
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1899, printed around 1917
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379721

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut in pale rose and pale blue with oil and gouache in black, red, yellow, blue, and green on heavy off-white wove paper washed with brown watercolor to make it a tan shade
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
image: 39.4 × 55.6 cm (15 1/2 × 21 7/8 in.)
sheet: 53 × 68.5 cm (20 7/8 × 26 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, in image corner, blue crayon: E Munch

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Kaare Berntsen A/S, Oslo], sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1983, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll c.III.2ii
Standard Reference Number
Woll 157; Schiefler 133

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.600
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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