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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.599
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: Zwei Menschen, die Einsamen
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1899, probably printed after 1906
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379731

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut in black and grayish blue inks on off-white Japanese paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
image: 39.4 × 55.6 cm (15 1/2 × 21 7/8 in.)
sheet: 46.7 × 59 cm (18 3/8 × 23 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower sheet margin at right, graphite: Edv Munch
  • inscription: lower left sheet croner, graphite: 1

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll a or b. I.2
Standard Reference Number
Woll 157; Schiefler 133 ii/viii

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.599
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 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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