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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.606
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Melancholy III
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Melankoli III
Original Language Title: Melancholie III
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1902
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379725

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed from two blocks in black, orange, and two green inks on tan wove paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
image: 38.6 × 49 cm (15 3/16 × 19 5/16 in.)
sheet: 50.8 × 57.3 cm (20 × 22 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: Edv. Munch
  • collector's mark: inside mat, lower left, blue ink: PAS / LGS [mark of Philip and Lynn Straus]
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right, blue stamp: PAS / - / LGS [mark of Philip and Lynn Straus (Lugt 5642)]
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: 91 [encircled]
  • inscription: verso, left side, graphite: BG 112
  • inscription: verso, left, graphite: 18

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lionel Epstein. [Kaare Bernsten, Oslo], sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1972, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll a or b, III,1 or 5
Standard Reference Number
Woll 203; Schiefler 144

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.606
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. 88-90, repr. p. 88 as P. 73
  • 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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