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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.573
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
The Alley
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Smuget
Original Language Title: Die Gasse
Alternate Title: The Street / Carmen
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1895
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379748

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph in crayon and Tusche printed in black ink on off-white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 43 × 26.5 cm (16 15/16 × 10 7/16 in.)
sheet: 49.7 × 36.3 cm (19 9/16 × 14 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: E Munch 1895
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: R No 288
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: Dr. R. Robinson
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right, blue ink stamp: PAS / - / LGS [Philip and Lynn Straus, Lugt 5642]
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: 1877[?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private collection, Oslo. [Kaare Berntsen A/S, Oslo] sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1980, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll II/II 1/2
Standard Reference Number
Woll 43; Schiefler 36 a

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.573
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), p. 41, pl. 25
  • 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

Verification Level

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