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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.588
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Printed by M. W. Lassally
Title
In a Man's Brain
Other Titles
Original Language Title: I mannes hjerne
Original Language Title: Im männlichen Gehirn
Former Title: In Man's Brain
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1897, printed after 1906
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379760

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut with gouges printed in red ink on Japan paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
image: 36.8 × 56.6 cm (14 1/2 × 22 5/16 in.)
sheet: 48.2 × 64 cm (19 × 25 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower sheet margin at right, graphite: Edv Munch
  • inscription: lower sheet margin at left corner, graphite: 573-8
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, blue istamp with number written in black ink on a stamped line: Munch-museet / 1968 / Ba. nr. 573-11 / Sch. nr.b [followed by a stamped line, all within a rectangular borderline]
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, blue stamp: Fra Edvard Munchs / testamentariske gave / OSLO KOMMUNE
  • collector's mark: verso, upper right, black stamp: MUNCH-MUSEET
  • inscription: lower edge of the sheet margin at left, graphite: 62442
  • collector's mark: on ragboard mount, lower right, blue stamp:
    P A S / - / L G S [Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus (Lugt 5642)]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edvard Munch, bequest; to city of Oslo. Munch Museet, traded, April 1974. Sold [through Kaare Berntsen A/S, Oslo]; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1975, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll d
Standard Reference Number
Woll 110; Schiefler 98

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.588
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), pp. 73-74, repr. p. 74 as Pl. 49
  • 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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