PrintsNorwegian20th century

Puberty

1902

Artists

Edvard MunchArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching and aquatint

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on cream wove paper

Culture

Norwegian

Century

20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 18.8 × 15 cm (7 3/8 × 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 44.7 × 30.6 cm (17 5/8 × 12 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[Kaare Berntsen, Oslo] sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1977, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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