Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.589
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Printed by M. W. Lassally
Title
Old Fisherman
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Gammel fisker
Original Language Title: Der alte Fischer
Alternate Title: Hans Dalen / Old Skipper
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1897, printed later
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379762

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3500, Special Exhibitions Gallery
View this object's location on our interactive map

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut with gouges printed on Japan paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 44 × 34.7 cm (17 5/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
sheet: 54.2 × 42.3 cm (21 5/16 × 16 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: Edv Munch

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Kaare Berntsen, Oslo], sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, August 1971, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll c
Standard Reference Number
Woll 116 c; Schiefler 124

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.589
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

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. 66, 70, pl. 44
  • 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

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu