Darkly colorful print of a woman with black hair inside a frame featuring an anxious-looking being in the bottom left.
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Black, blue, beige, and red print of a woman within a frame. The upper portion of the woman’s nude body is visible, though her arms are indiscernible and stretched behind her head. A bit of red surrounds her head in a halo-like fashion. Her dark hair is parted in the middle, but the length is hard to discern as it blends into the background. Her eyes and mouth are closed, resulting in an emotionless expression as she tilts her head to the right. The simple frame surrounding the woman is red with a small, anxious-looking being in the bottom-left corner.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.568
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Madonna
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1895-1902
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379755

Location

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

Medium
Lithograph in black, dark red, beige, and blue printed from the keystone and three color plates on China paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 60.2 × 44.1 cm (23 11/16 × 17 3/8 in.)
sheet: 82.5 × 58.5 cm (32 1/2 × 23 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • signature: Lower right below image, graphite: Edv Munch

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Kaare Berntsen A/S, Oslo] sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1972, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll A.IV.2
Standard Reference Number
Woll 39; Schiefler 33

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.568
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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