M20287: The Kiss I
PrintsBlack woodcut print on wove paper of a couple kissing. The couple embrace each other with the man facing away from, and the woman facing towards, the viewer. The man holds the woman’s waist and neck as the woman drapes her hands atop his shoulders. The man’s dark hair is short and similar in color to his suit, while the woman’s hair is largely obscured. The woman wears a long-sleeved, floor-length dress that blends into the colors of the background. The area surrounding the couple clearly depicts the grain and knots of the wood on which the image was carved.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M20287
- People
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Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
- Title
- The Kiss I
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: The Mirror
Former Title: The Kiss - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1897
- Culture
- Norwegian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/252925
Location
- Location
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Level 3, Room 3500, Special Exhibitions Gallery
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodcut printed in black ink and red and blue watercolor on cream wove paper, mounted by the artist on coarse brown paper
- Technique
- Woodcut
- Dimensions
- sheet: 44.5 x 37.5 cm (17 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: lower right, in graphite: Edv. Munch 1897
- collector's mark: red stamp on brown mounting paper to left and below printing paper: H S [monogram; Heinrich Stinnes (Lugt 1376a)]
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- i
- Standard Reference Number
- Woll 114, Schiefler 102B I
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Lynn and Philip A. Straus, Class of 1937
- Object Number
- M20287
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
Verification Level
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