Lot 100
  • 100

Edvard Munch

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Edvard Munch
  • Apes I (Woll 332; Schiefler 302)
  • Lithograph
  • sheet: 330 by 260mm 13 by 10in
Lithograph, 1908-9, signed in pencil, from the edition of approximately 60 printed on heavy wove paper (there were also 15 impressions printed on japan), printed by Dansk Reproduktionsanstalt, stamped on the reverse with the inkstamp of Staedt Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf, framed

Provenance

Ex coll. Arthur Sambon (L.175a), Staedt Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany (not in Lugt)

Condition

The full sheet, in good condition apart from uneven pale light-staining, a vertical tear at lower sheet edge (approx. 15mm), a further vertical crease at lower sheet edge at centre, a handling mark in lower image at centre, the upper sheet edge with remains of previous hinging and associated skinning, associated pale inconspicuous fox marks, sheet edges with minor imperfections including minor nicks and creasing, verso with a vertical tear at upper sheet edge (not visible recto due to previous hinging), minor skinning along sheet edges verso, framed. (With pencil inscriptions verso).
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