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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.580
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Printed by M. W. Lassally
Title
Separation Il
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Breaking Away / Parting
Original Language Title: Løsrivelse II
Original Language Title: Loslöung II
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1896
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379744

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithographic crayon printed in blue ink on off-white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 40.5 × 64 cm (15 15/16 × 25 3/16 in.)
sheet: 57.5 × 81.7 cm (22 5/8 × 32 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right in sheet margin, graphite: Ed Munch
  • inscription: lower right in sheet margin, graphite: Lassally / 1906-9
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right, blue ink: PAS / - / LGS [Philip and Lynn Straus, Lugt 5642]
  • inscription: lower right, in stone: E Munch 96

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. Olav Ascheim, Norway, sold [through Christie's, London, June 30, 1977, lot 387] via Kaare Berntsen A/S]; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll b/c I/II
Standard Reference Number
Woll 78; Schiefler 68

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.580
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Important Modern Prints, auct. cat., Christie, Manson and Woods, Ltd. (London, June 30, 1977), p. 42-43, lot 387, repr.
  • 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. 46-47, repr. p. 47 as Pl. 28
  • 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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