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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G8768
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Melancholy III
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Melancholy (Evening)
Original Language Title: Melankoli III
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1901
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/278638

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed from two blocks in black, orange, gray, and blue ink on thin off-white Japanese paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
key block: 37.5 × 47 cm (14 3/4 × 18 1/2 in.)
sheet: 46.7 × 64 cm (18 3/8 × 25 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower margin below right corner of image, graphite: Edv Munch
  • inscription: lower margin, left corner of sheet, various graphite inscriptions: L[or S?] 144 / 1/3 L. 3 / Melancholie
  • inscription: verso, lower left corner, graphite: 43
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 1101)] 8768

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii2/iii7
Standard Reference Number
Woll 203, Schiefler 144b

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G8768
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • From Impressionism to the Bauhaus: German Master Prints from the Harvard Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/19/1981 - 06/29/1981
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/08/2020; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022

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