Harvard Art Museums > 2023.551: Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones) Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones) (Edvard Munch) , 2023.551,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/48798. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download A painting of two figures standing on a colorful rocky shore facing away from us. The figure on the left wears a long white gown and the figure on the right wears a dark-colored jacket and pants. Identification and Creation Object Number 2023.551 People Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway) Title Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones) Other Titles Alternate Title: The Lonely Ones Alternate Title: Zwei Menschen am Strand Alternate Title: Zwei Menschen Alternate Title: Die Einsamen Original Language Title: De ensomme Original Language Title: To mennesker Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1906-1908 Culture Norwegian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/48798 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 81.3 × 111.5 cm (32 × 43 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: verso, left strainer, black crayon: Kasse no 1 inscription: verso, top left strainer, graphite: 1908 label: verso, top strainer, left: KUNSTNERFORBUNDET / 1958 KATALOG NR. 22 inscription: verso, bottom strainer, left, blue crayon: N 718 inscription: verso, top stretcher, center, graphite: Jan M[illegible text] inscription: verso, top stretcher, right, graphite, under tape: [illegible text] 1891 [?] inscription: verso, bottom stretcher, graphite: C K [?] / 5 [partially obscured by tape] inscription: vereso, right stretcher, blue crayon: A J [?, partially obscured by tape] 182 [illegible text, partially obscured by tape] inscription: verso, bottom stretcher, right, blue crayon: 644 inscription: verso, top stretcher, right, red chalk: B7495 inscription: verso, top stretcher, left, red crayon: 1951 / Nr. 29 inscription: vreso, top stretcher, right, blue crayon, under tape, partially obscured: [illegible text and numbers] label: verso, top stretcher, right, torn: [illegible text] / o. n. / Gr. 80-11 [missing number] inscription: verso, top stretcher, graphite: [illegible text, hidden under tape] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Halfdan Nobel Roede (c. 1909-27); Galerie Arnold, Dresden (1928); Stadtische Kunstsammlung, Chemnitz (1928- September 1937) sold; [through Hildebrand Gurlitt (1937) ]; [through Harald Holst Halvorsen (1938]); sold, to Niels Werring (1938-81); [Sotheby's April 1, 1981, lot 39,] sold; to Philip and Lynn Straus, New York (1981-2004); Lynn Straus, New York (2004 -2023) bequest; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2023. NOTE: See correspondence with Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, 11 May 2023 on file. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection Accession Year 2023 Object Number 2023.551 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 Edv. Munch, exh. cat., Ateneum Art Museum (Helsinki, 1909), cat. no. 9 Edvard Munch: Ausstellung in der Nationalgalerie, exh. cat., Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin, 1927), p. 32, cat. no. 127 Ausstellung Edvard Munch, exh. cat., Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz (Chemnitz, 1929), pp. 14, 238, cat. no. 34, repr. as Abb. S. 34 Edvard Munch, exh. cat., Leipziger Kunstverein (Leipzig, 1929), p.10, cat. no. 29, repr. 30 Jahre Städliche Kunstsammlung Chemnitz, 1920-1950, KWU der Stadt Chemnitz (Chemnitz, 1950), p. 33, repr. Edvard Munch Utstilling: Malerier, Akvareller, Tegninger, Grafikk, exh. cat., Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (Oslo, 1951), p. 7, cat. no. 77 Munch-bilder i privat eie, Kunstnerforbundet (Oslo, 1958), cat. no. 22 Edvard Munch, exh. cat., Frankfurter Kunstverein (Frankfurt, 1962), cat. no. 42, repr. Edvard Munch, exh. cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, 1965), cat. no. 48 Peter Krieger, Edvard Munch: Der Lebensfries für Max Reinhardts Kammerspiele, exh. cat., Gebr. Mann Verlag (Berlin, 1978), p. 50, fig. 40 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.122-124, 144, repr. p. 124 and 144 as pl. 113 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 Dorothee Hansen and Uwe M. Schneede, Munch und Deutschland, exh. cat., Verlag Gerd Hatje (Stuttgart, 1994), p. 117 Ingrid Mössinger, Beate Ritter, and Kerstin Drechsel, Edvard Munch in Chemnitz, exh. cat., Wienand Verlag and Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz (Chemnitz, 1999), pp. 23, 83, 151, cat. no. 43, repr. p. 83 Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch: Complete Paintings, Thames & Hudson (London, 2009), vol. 2, no. 640, repr., p. 1666 Exhibition History Edv. Munch, Ateneum Art Museum, 01/03/1909 - 01/31/1909 Edvard Munch, Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 03/12/1927 - 05/15/1927 Ausstellung Edvard Munch, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, 11/15/1929 - 12/10/1929 Edvard Munch, Leipziger Kunstverein, 12/15/1929 - 01/12/1930 Edvard Munch Utstilling: Malerier, Akvareller, Tegninger, Grafikk, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, 11/10/1951 - 12/16/1951 Munch-bilder i privat eie, Kunstnerforbundet, 01/25/1958 - 02/20/1958 Edvard Munch, Steinernes Haus, 11/09/1962 - 01/06/1963 Edvard Munch, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 10/01/1965 - 01/01/1966 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 Edvard Munch in Chemnitz, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, 11/14/1999 - 02/20/2000 32Q: 1440 Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin (Expressionism), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 10/22/2015 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