Lot 172
  • 172

Edvard Munch 1863-1944

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
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Description

  • Edvard Munch
  • Evening, Melancholy I (W. 91, Sch. 82 )
  • Image: 372 by 452mm; 15 5/8 by 17¾in
  • Sheet: 422 by 596mm; 16 5/8 by 23½in
Woodcut printed in light blue, dark-blue, light-green and reddish-brown, 1896, signed in pencil, a good impression of Woll's state a/IV/3, on a handmade wove paper, with a watermark of a bird feeding, with full margins (a deckle edge on four sides), in good condition apart from minor uneven paper discoloration (only visible in the margins) and a short hairline paper flaw at lower edge of image

Condition

In overall very good condition, apart from the mentioned minor paper discoloration, a small adhesion verso, four small pieces of hinging tape (paper) at edges of sheet verso.
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