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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.587
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Printed by Alfred Porcaboeuf, French (1867 - 1952)
Title
Street Scene at Night
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Nattlig gatescene
Original Language Title: Nächtliche Strassenszene
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1897
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379770

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mezzotint and drypoint on sandblasted zinc plate printed à la poupée in blue, black,red, dull orange, and yellow inks on off-white modern laid paper
Technique
Aquatint and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 23.5 × 29.6 cm (9 1/4 × 11 5/8 in.)
sheet: 31 × 44.1 cm (12 3/16 × 17 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right sheet margin, graphite: Edv Munch / Zinkdruck 15 Mark
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Mk 30.
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 7000 / 5000 / [squiggle]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private collection, France. [Frederick Mulder, London] sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1986, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Woll b
Standard Reference Number
Woll 95; Schiefler 84

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.587
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch: The Complete Graphic Works, Orfeus Publishing (Oslo, 2012), no. 95, p. 128

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