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Property of a European Private Collector

Edvard Munch

Bjørk i snø (Birch in Snow)

This lot has been withdrawn

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Property of a European Private Collector

Edvard Munch

1863 - 1944

Bjørk i snø (Birch in Snow)


Signed Edv. Munch (lower right) 

Oil on board

23⅞ by 26¾ in.

60.5 by 68 cm

Painted in 1901.

Please note this lot has been withdrawn.

Jens Thiis, Oslo (acquired from the artist in 1902)

Sigurd & Else (née Thiis) Grieg, Oslo (by descent from the above in 1942)

Sigval Bergesen Jr., Oslo (acquired by 1955)

Thence by descent 

Gothenburg, Konstforeningen Valand, Edvard Munch, 1912, no. 8 (titled Bjœrkestammen)

Kristiania, Kunstforeningen, Edvard Munch, 1913, no. 8 (titled Bjœrkestammen)

Berlin, Kronprinzenpalais, Edvard Munch, 1927, no. 66

Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet, Edvard Munch, 1927, no. 107 (titled Bjerkestamme i sne månneskinn)

Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, Edvard Munch ustilling: Malerier, akvareller, tegninger, grafikk, 1951, no. 64

Bern, Kunstmuseum, Edvard Munch, 1958, no. 36

Vienna, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Edvard Munch, 1959, no. 21

Frankfurt, Steinernes Haus Römerberg, Edvard Munch, 1962-63, no. 25

Schaffhausen, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Edvard Munch, 1968, no. 29

Kanagawa, Museum of Modern Art, Edvard Munch, 1970, no. 19, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, Edvard Munch. Sommernacht am Oslofjord um 1900, 1988, no. M25, illustrated in color in the catalogue

New York, National Academy of Design, Edvard Munch and Harald Sohlberg: Landscapes of the Mind, 1995-96, no. 21, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, Edvard Munch: The Frieze of Life, 2004-05, no. 6, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Riehen, Fondation Beyeler & Schwäbisch Hall, Kunsthalle Würth, Edvard Munch – Signs of Modern Art, 2007, no. 98, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Jens Thiis, Edvard Munch og Hans Samtid: Slekten, Livet og Kunsten, Geniet, Oslo, 1933, illustrated p. 263

Ingrid Langaard, Edvard Munch. Modningsår, Oslo, 1960, no. 230, illustrated p. 406 (as dating from circa 1900)

Johan H. Langaard, Edvard Munch. I familien Sigval Bergesen d.y’s eie. Katalog, Oslo, 1967, no. 215, illustrated in color p. 58 

Gösta Svenaeus, Edvard Munch Im männlichen Gehirn II, Lund, 1973, no. 284, illustrated p. 150

Ragna Stang, Edvard Munch: The Man and the Artist, London, 1979, no. 224, illustrated in color p. 173

Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch. Complete Paintings. Catalogue Raisonné 1898-1908, vol. II, London, 2009, no. 480, illustrated in color p. 520