Lot 84
  • 84

Edvard Munch

Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 USD
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Description

  • Edvard Munch
  • Melancholy III (Schiefler 144; Woll 203)
  • woodcut
  • image: 377 by 474 mm 14 7/8 by 18 5/8 in
  • sheet approx.: 475 by 620 mm 18 3/4 by 24 3/8 in
Woodcut printed in brown, light brown, blue and grey, 1902, a fine impression with fresh colors, signed in pencil, Woll's III (final) state, on thin Japan paper, framed

Provenance

Exhibited

West Palm Beach, Florida, The Norton Gallery of Art, Edvard Munch: Mirror Reflections, 1986
Atlanta, High Museum of Art, Art in Berlin 1815 – 1989, 1990
New York, National Academy of Design, Edvard Munch and Harald Sohlberg: Landscapes of the Mind, 1995-96
Greenwich, Connecticut, Bruce Museum, Love, Isolation and Darkness: The Art of Edvard Munch, 1996-97

Condition

With wide (full) margins, in good condition apart from traces of soiling and ink in the margins. Some soft creases and thin spots inherent in the paper. A two inch repair in the right margin and a smaller repair in the upper right margin. Corners with slight staining from previous hinging.
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