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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.613
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Towards the Forest II
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Mot skogen II
Original Language Title: Zum Walde II
Alternate Title: The Forest / The Lake
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1915
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379754

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3500, Special Exhibitions Gallery
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in blue, green, orange, yellow, red, and brown inks on tan wove paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
image: 49.3 × 65 cm (19 7/16 × 25 9/16 in.)
sheet: 60.3 × 81.3 cm (23 3/4 × 32 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower right, brown ink: Dette tresnitt har jeg arvet efter min bror Edv. Munch. / Inger Munch

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The artist, by descent; to his sister, Ingrid Munch, 1944, sold; to Ragnar Moltzau, Oslo. [Ben Frija, Oslo], sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1986, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll III/III
Standard Reference Number
Woll 541; Schiefler 444

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.613
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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