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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.560
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Two Human Beings. The Lonely Ones
Other Titles
Original Language Title: To mennesker. De ensomme
Original Language Title: Zwei Menschen. Die Einsamen
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1894-1895
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379750

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Drypoint, etching, and plate tone printed in black ink on beige wove paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
image: 15.5 × 21.4 cm (6 1/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
plate mark: 16.8 × 22.6 cm (6 5/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
sheet: 33.7 × 47.5 cm (13 1/4 × 18 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, left of center, in plate mark, bkue stamp:
    P A S / L G S [Philip A. Straus and Lynn G. Straus (Lugt 5642)]

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll b VI
Standard Reference Number
Woll 13; Schiefler 20

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.560
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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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. 116
  • 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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