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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.584
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Evening. Melancholy I
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Aften. Melankoli I
Original Language Title: Abend. Melancholie I
Alternate Title: On the Beach
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1896
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379724

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in colors on Japan paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
image: 37.9 × 45.5 cm (14 15/16 × 17 15/16 in.)
sheet: 46.5 × 61.6 cm (18 5/16 × 24 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: E Munch

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Galleri K (Ben Frija), Oslo], sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1982, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Woll 91 [IV.1]; Schiefler 82 IV

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.584
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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