Subtly colored print of a well-dressed man and woman standing on a rocky shore, staring off into the distance.
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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.601
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Two Human Beings. The Lonely Ones
Original Language Title: To mennesker. De ensomme
Original Language Title: Zwei Menschen, die Einsamen
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1899
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379733

Location

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

Medium
Woodcut printed in black, lime green, red, pale violet, and yellow inks, on off-white wove paper that has been washed with dilute brown
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
image: 39.4 × 55.6 cm (15 1/2 × 21 7/8 in.)
sheet: 44.9 × 61.1 cm (17 11/16 × 24 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower sheet margin to right, below image, graphite: Edv Munch
  • collector's mark: verso, right edge, blue ink:
    P A S / - / L G S [Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus (Lugt 5642)]
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 113

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Kaare Berntsen, Oslo], sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1975 or 1979, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll c.III.3
Standard Reference Number
Woll 157; Schiefler 133

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.601
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), pl. 118
  • 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

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