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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.595
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Ashes II
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Aske II
Original Language Title: Asche II
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1899
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379753

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in black ink on laid paper laid down on brownish board
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 35.6 × 46.4 cm (14 × 18 1/4 in.)
mount: 48.7 × 58.8 cm (19 3/16 × 23 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper right, blue crayon: [cut off, illegible]
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, blue stamp: PAS / - / LGS [Philip and Lynn Straus, Lugt 5642]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sotheby's, London, May 17, 1979, lot 172]. Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1983, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll II/II 2/2
Standard Reference Number
Woll 146; Schiefler 120

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.595
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Important Nineteenth Century and Modern Prints, auct. cat., Sotheby's, London (London, May 17, 1979), p. 109, lot 172, 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. 51, 53, 55, repr. p. 53 as Pl. 33
  • 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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