Head of a Girl | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M12330
People: Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title: Head of a Girl
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Mädchenkopf
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1907
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Norway
Culture: Norwegian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/252220

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Drypoint printed in brownish black ink with overall plate tone from the steel-faced plate on heavy cream wove paper

Technique

Drypoint

Dimensions

plate: 11.2 × 8.8 cm (4 7/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
sheet: 22.6 × 14 cm (8 7/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

collector's mark: verso, black stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 12,330

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Fogg Museum Library, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, July 6, 1949.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: only state
Standard Reference Number: Woll 288, Schiefler 259b

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Fogg Museum Library
Accession Year: 1949
Object Number: M12330
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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