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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.562
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Printed by Otto Felsing, German (1854 - 1920)
Title
Woman II
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Kvinnen II
Original Language Title: Das Weib II
Alternate Title: Sphinx / The Woman in Three Stages
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1895
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379759

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Drypoint, line etching, and open bite printed in brown ink on beige wove paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
image: 28.8 × 33.4 cm (11 5/16 × 13 1/8 in.)
plate: 29.8 × 34.5 cm (11 3/4 × 13 9/16 in.)
sheet: 44 × 60 cm (17 5/16 × 23 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left corner of sheet margin, graphite: 20-8
  • inscription: lower right corner of sheet margin, graphite: 75.
  • inscription: lower margin of plate, beneath lower left corner of image, graphite: O Felsing Berlin gdr.
  • stamp: verso, center, black stamp: MUNCH-MUSEET
  • stamp: verso, center, black stamp: Fra Edvard Munchs / testamentariske gave / OSLO KOMMUNE
  • stamp: verso, center, blue stamp with number written in black ink: Munch-museet / 1968 / No nr. 20-17 / Sch. nr.
  • collector's mark: verso, center, red stamp: E L S [probably the mark of Lionel and Sarah Epstein, not in Lugt]
  • collector's mark: verso, center, blue stamp:
    P A S / L G S [Philip A. Straus and Lynn G. Straus (Lugt 5642)]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edvard Munch, Oslo, bequest; to City of Oslo, Munch Museum, Oslo, traded. Lionel and Sarah Epstein (their mark, not in Lugt). [Kaare Bernsten, Oslo], sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1977, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll b.VII
Standard Reference Number
Woll 22; Schiefler 22

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.562
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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. 16
  • 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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