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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.576
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
The Sick Child
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Det syke barn
Original Language Title: Das kranke Kind
Alternate Title: Sick Girl
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1896
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379749

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint printed with selective plate tone in black ink on thin, off-white, laid Japan paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 13 × 17 cm (5 1/8 × 6 11/16 in.)
sheet: 18.8 × 26.8 cm (7 3/8 × 10 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right in sheet margin, graphite: E Munch
  • collector's mark: on mounting board, lower right corner, blue stamp: P A S / L G S [Phil)p A. Straus and Lynn G. Straus (Lugt 5642)]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Kaare Berntsen A/S, Oslo] sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, June 26, 1978, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
Woll 59; Schiefler 60

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.576
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. 23, pl. 8
  • 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
  • Symbolism and the Austrian Avant Garde, Galerie St. Etienne, 11/16/1993 - 01/08/1994

Verification Level

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