Lot 237
  • 237

Edvard Munch

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Edvard Munch
  • Todeskuss (The Kiss of Death)
  • signed
  • lithograph on wove paper
  • image: 29.9 by 45.4cm.; 11 3/4 by 18 1/4 in.
  • sheet: 47 by 63.5cm.; 18 1/2 by 25in.
  • Executed in 1899.

Provenance

Private Collection

Sale: Christie's, London, Prints & Multiples Including Property from The Collection of Max Palevsky, 26 October 2010, Lot 128

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Gustav Schiefler, Verzeichnis des Graphischen Werks Edvard Munchs bis 1906, Oslo 1974, no. 119, another example illustrated

Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch: The Complete Graphic Works, London 2001, no. 144, another example illustrated

Exhibition Catalogue: Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall in the Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Munch Revisited: Edward Munch and the Art of Today, 2005, p. 120, another example illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the background is warmer in the original. Condition: With wide margins, this work is in very good condition apart from some mount- and backboard-staining, This work is framed and glazed.
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