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Edvard Munch
Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
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Description
- Edvard Munch
- Study for The Death in the Sickroom - recto Boats on the water and Portrait of a man - verso
- signed Edvard Munch, dated 1893 and inscribed Inger stående Laura sittende (lower left); numbered 26 on the reverse
- pencil on paper
- 29.5 by 21cm., 11 5/8 by 8 1/4 in.
Provenance
Inger Munch, Oslo
Berta Folkedahl, Oslo
Per Meyer
Galleri Bellman, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1980s
Berta Folkedahl, Oslo
Per Meyer
Galleri Bellman, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1980s
Literature
Arne Eggum, Edvard Munch, Peintures-Esquisses-Études, Paris, 1983, no. 185, illustrated p. 108
Arne Eggum, Edvard Munch, The Frieze of Life from Painting to Grafic Art/Love-Angst-Death, Paris, 2000, no. 333, illustrated p. 269
Arne Eggum, Edvard Munch, The Frieze of Life from Painting to Grafic Art/Love-Angst-Death, Paris, 2000, no. 333, illustrated p. 269
Condition
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount at all four corners and floating in the frame. The lower left and right edges are slightly unevenly cut and the upper edge is slightly unevenly torn with some associated tiny nicks. There are diagonal creases to the two lower corners and a 1cm long vertical repaired tear to the centre of the lower edge. There are some light handling marks to the extreme edges. Otherwise this work is in overall very good condition.
Colours: fairly accurate in the printed catalogue, though the lines are slightly more grey than black in the original.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The present work is a rare and important study for Munch's famous and moving Death in the Sickroom. Munch painted two large oil paintings of the subject: one is held in the collection of the National Gallery, Oslo, and the other is in the Munch Museum, Oslo, which also has a pastel version, and a number of other studies and sketches.
Death in the Sickroom portrays the sad story of Munch's sister Sophie's death. 'In a sparsely furnished scene the foreground is dominated by a tighly knit group consisting of the artist and his sisters Inger and Laura. Laura is sitting in profile, while Inger stands behind her, represented head on, [as seen in the present study] and behind her stand Edvard, the direction of his gaze connecting thisgroup with what is happening in the chair facing away from us in the background. As fundamentally smaller figures we see Munch's brother Andreas on the left and on the right his father and aunt on either side of the chair where the dying Sophie sits, hidden from our view' (Arne Eggum, Edvard Munch, The Frieze of Life from Painting to Grafic Art/Love-Angst-Death, Paris, 2000, p. 269).
Death in the Sickroom portrays the sad story of Munch's sister Sophie's death. 'In a sparsely furnished scene the foreground is dominated by a tighly knit group consisting of the artist and his sisters Inger and Laura. Laura is sitting in profile, while Inger stands behind her, represented head on, [as seen in the present study] and behind her stand Edvard, the direction of his gaze connecting thisgroup with what is happening in the chair facing away from us in the background. As fundamentally smaller figures we see Munch's brother Andreas on the left and on the right his father and aunt on either side of the chair where the dying Sophie sits, hidden from our view' (Arne Eggum, Edvard Munch, The Frieze of Life from Painting to Grafic Art/Love-Angst-Death, Paris, 2000, p. 269).