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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.590
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Mystical Shore
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Strandmystikk
Original Language Title: Meereslandschaft
Alternate Title: The Stump
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1897
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379763

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut from two blocks printed in black and greenish gray, handcolored in pale orange, on Japanese paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 37 × 57 cm (14 9/16 × 22 7/16 in.)
sheet: 48.6 × 62.8 cm (19 1/8 × 24 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right in sheet margin, graphite: Edv Munch
  • collector's mark: lower right sheet corner, blue stamp: HH [Harald Halvorsen; not in Lugt]
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right, blue ink: PAS / - / LGS [Philip and Lynn Straus, Lugt 5642]
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: ligg
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: LDGG

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Harald Halvorsen, Oslo] (not in Lugt). [Richard H. Zinser, New York] sold; to [N.G. Stogdon, New York] sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1984, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll b.III
Standard Reference Number
Woll 117; Schiefler 125

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.590
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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