Darkly colorful print of a woman with black hair inside a frame featuring an anxious-looking being in the bottom left.
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Black, blue, and red print of a woman within a frame. The upper portion of the woman’s nude body is visible, though her arms are largely indiscernible and stretched behind her head. A bit of red surrounds her head in a halo-like fashion. Her dark hair is parted in the middle, but the length is hard to discern as it blends into the background. Her eyes and mouth are closed, resulting in an emotionless expression as she tilts her head to the right. The simple frame surrounding the woman is red with a small, anxious-looking being in the bottom-left corner.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.566
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Madonna
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1895-1902
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379722

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3500, Special Exhibitions Gallery
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in black ink with blue and red watercolor on thin cream wove paper mounted on cardboard
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
stone: 60.5 × 44.1 cm (23 13/16 × 17 3/8 in.)
sheet: 60.8 × 44.2 cm (23 15/16 × 17 3/8 in.)
mount: 62.6 × 46 cm (24 5/8 × 18 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center inside image, graphite: Til Jappe fra Munch

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jappe Nilssen (1870–1931). David Henry Steinmetz III [1], sold; to Margo Schab, New York, sold; to Kimbell Art Foundation, Ft. Worth, October 9, 1975, sold [through, Sotheby's, New York, May 13, 1987, lot 459], sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1987 [2], bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

[1] Kimbell Art Museum, Handbook of the Collection (1981), p. 160.
[2] Sale catalogue entry with ill. in Straus paperwork; see also The Print Collector's Newsletter, Vol. 18, No. 3 (July–August 1987), p. 98.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll A.I.2
Standard Reference Number
Woll 39; Schiefler 33

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.566
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Handbook of the Collection, Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, 1981), p. 160, repr.
  • "News of the Print World: People & Places", The Print Collectors' Newsletter, Art in Print Review (July-August 1987), vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 96-102, pp. 98-99
  • Old Master, 19th and 20th Century and Contemporary Prints, auct. cat., Sotheby's, New York (New York, May 13-15, 1987), lot 449, repr.
  • Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch: The Complete Graphic Works, Orfeus Publishing (Oslo, 2012), no. 39, p. 67

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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