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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.554
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Printed by Otto Felsing, German (1854 - 1920)
Title
Death and the Woman
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Dogen og Kvinnen
Original Language Title: Das Madchen und der Tod
Title: Death and the Maiden
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1894
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379728

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Drypoint on cream wove paper
Technique
Drypoint
Dimensions
image: 29.7 × 21 cm (11 11/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
plate: 30.3 × 21.4 cm (11 15/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
sheet: 34.6 × 25.8 cm (13 5/8 × 10 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: Edv Munch
  • collector's mark: inside mat, lower right, blue ink: PAS / LGS [Philip and Lynn Straus, Lugt 5642]
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: O Felsing Berlin gdr.
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, blue ink: PAS / LGS [Philip and Lynn Straus, Lugt 5642]
  • inscription: verso, upper right, blue crayon: 92 [or] 97
  • inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: Doden og kvinnden
  • inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: No [?] [illegible number] 5

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, June 1980, lot 964]. [Alice Adam, Chicago], sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1980, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Woll 3; Schiefler 3 II

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.554
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Moderne Kunst des Neunzehnten und Zwanzigsten Jahunderts..., auct. cat., Galerie Kornfeld (Bern, June 1980), p. 163, no. 964
  • 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. 14-15, repr. p. 14 as Pl. 2
  • 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), mentioned, 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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