Lot 77
  • 77

Edvard Munch

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Description

  • Edvard Munch
  • Madonna (W. 39; Sch. 33)
  • lithograph
  • image: 560 by 351mm 22 by 13 7/8 in
  • sheet: 577 by 354mm 22 3/4 by 14in
Lithograph printed in black, blue, red and pale olive-green, 1895-1902, Woll's seventh (final) state, without the border but with the re-work on the hips, signed in pencil, on tissue-thin Japan paper, framed

Condition

With margins at right and bottom, laid down to cardboard, with paper discoloration, light-staining, a short tear in image at top (measuring 2.5cm), nicks and tiny tears at sheet edges, minor surface scrapes and a few small round stains in her torso are visible upon close inspection, framed. Please note that this print has been reframed for the exhibition. It will be sold in another dark wood frame.
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