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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M21541
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Kristiania Bohemians II
Other Titles
Former Title: Christiana-Boheme II
Original Language Title: Kristiania-Boheme II
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1895
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/253505

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint with plate tone printed in brown ink on cream wove paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 29.5 x 39.2 cm (11 5/8 x 15 7/16 in.)
sheet: 41.8 x 57 cm (16 7/16 x 22 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower margin below right corner of the plate: Edv Munch
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: P A S / - / L G S [Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, Lugt 5642]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M21541
  • inscription: verso, bottom, graphite: D7M75W
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: O. Felsing Berlin gdr.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Christie's, New York, May 7, 1981, lot 310, repr.] sold; to Philip and Lynn Straus, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 1991

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv/iv
Standard Reference Number
Schiefler 11 IIIb; Woll 16b

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lynn and Philip A. Straus, class of 1937
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
M21541
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Contemporary Prints, Modern Prints and Illustrated Books, Old Master Prints, auct. cat., Christie's, New York (New York, May 7, 1981), lot 310, repr.
  • Elizabeth Prelinger, Edvard Munch: Master Printmaker, exh. cat., W. W. Norton & Company and Busch-Reisinger Museum (New York and London, 1983), pl. 12
  • 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
  • Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch: The Complete Graphic Works, Orfeus Publishing (Oslo, 2012), no. 16, p. 49
  • Freyda Spira, Munch and Kirchner: Anxiety and Expression, exh. cat., Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, 2024), pl. 4

Exhibition History

  • 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
  • Munch and Kirchner: Anxiety and Expression, Yale University Art Gallery, 02/16/2024 - 06/23/2024

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