Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones)
PrintsNorwegian19th century

Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones)

1899

Artists

Edvard MunchArtist
Classification
Prints
Technique
Woodcut
Medium
Woodcut printed in black, lime green, red, pale violet, and yellow inks, on off-white wove paper that has been washed with dilute brown
Culture
Norwegian
Century
19th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Prints

Dimensions

image: 39.4 × 55.6 cm (15 1/2 × 21 7/8 in.) sheet: 44.9 × 61.1 cm (17 11/16 × 24 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[Kaare Berntsen, Oslo], sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1975 or 1979, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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