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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.597
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Woman's Head against the Shore
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Kvinnehode mot stranden
Original Language Title: Frauenkopf am Strande
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1899
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379741

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut in pale green, black, dark red, dark orange on China paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
image: 46.5 × 40.9 cm (18 5/16 × 16 1/8 in.)
sheet: 54 × 46.6 cm (21 1/4 × 18 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sold [through Sotheby's, New York, November 15-16, 1985, lot 444]; to, Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Woll 152; Schiefler 129

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.597
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 19th and 20th Century and Contemporary Prints, auct. cat., Sotheby's, New York (New York, November 15-16, 1985), lot 444, repr.

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