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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.326
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Berlin Prostitute
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Berliner Kokotte
Alternate Title: Head of a Woman
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1905
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370359

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Drypoint on cream wove paper
Technique
Drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 23.7 × 17.2 cm (9 5/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
sheet: 38.4 × 30.4 cm (15 1/8 × 11 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: Edv. Munch / 2 Druck
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: Sch 221. a
  • inscription: upper left, graphite: 2
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right, purple ink: [key shape] [Lugt 2929a, mark of Kurt Sponagel]
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: III/686 aK

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Kurt Sponagel, Zurich (Lugt 2929a). [R.M. Light, Boston] sold; to Mariot F. Solomon (Mrs. Hugh Matthews), Cambridge, 1966, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Woll 254a

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.326
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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