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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M20595
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Desire
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Begjær
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1898
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/252926

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in black ink on brown wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 29.3 × 40.4 cm (11 9/16 × 15 7/8 in.)
sheet: 32.4 × 42.9 cm (12 3/4 × 16 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower margin below right corner of image, graphite: Edv Munch
  • inscription: lower edge below left corner of image, graphite: fr[?]481/16
  • inscription: verso, lower left corner, black crayon: 2066/36
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M20595

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
vii/vii
Standard Reference Number
Woll 122, Schiefler 108

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Lynn and Philip A. Straus, Class of 1937
Accession Year
1988
Object Number
M20595
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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