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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.610
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Head by Head
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Hode ved hode
Original Language Title: Kopf bei Kopf
Alternate Title: Man and Woman Kissing
Former Title: Mann und Weib, sich Küssend
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1905
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379756

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black, blueish green, red, and reddish brown inks on off-white wove paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
image: 39.7 × 53.9 cm (15 5/8 × 21 1/4 in.)
sheet: 46.7 × 60.6 cm (18 3/8 × 23 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right in sheet margin, graphite: Edvard Munch / [graphite squiggles below]
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 3 [or] E

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Ben Frija (Galleri K), Oslo], sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1987, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll e, only state
Standard Reference Number
Woll 268; Schiefler 230

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.610
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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