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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.612
People
Edvard Munch, Norwegian (Loiten, Norway 1863 - 1944 Ekely, Norway)
Title
Self-portrait
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Selvportrett
Original Language Title: Selbstbildnis
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1911-1912
Culture
Norwegian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379764

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3500, Special Exhibitions Gallery
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut with gouges on Japan paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 55.5 × 34 cm (21 7/8 × 13 3/8 in.)
sheet: 58.1 × 37 cm (22 7/8 × 14 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: E Munch
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: 1719
  • collector's mark: top right, red ink: [?]
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, blue ink stamp: PAS / LGS [Philip and Lynn Straus; Lugt 5642]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Galleri Bellman, New York], sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1982, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Woll 391; Schiefler 353

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Philip and Lynn Straus Collection
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.612
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Elizabeth Prelinger, Edvard Munch: Master Printmaker, exh. cat., W. W. Norton & Company and Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum (New York and London, 1983), p. 70, pl. 46
  • 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

Exhibition History

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