PrintsNorwegian19th century

The Women and the Skeleton

1896

Artists

Edvard MunchArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Drypoint

Medium

Drypoint in blue-black ink with plate tone on wove paper

Culture

Norwegian

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 31.5 × 42.1 cm (12 3/8 × 16 9/16 in.) sheet: 45.7 × 58.5 cm (18 × 23 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[Alice Adam, Chicago], sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1980, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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