Details
EDVARD MUNCH (1863-1944)
Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones)
drypoint
1894
on stiff, cream wove paper, without watermark
unsigned
a very good impression of Woll's sixth, final state
printed by Felsing, Berlin, with his signature in pencil
with wide margins, probably the full sheet
in very good condition
Plate 16,7 x 22,8 cm. (658 x 9 in.)
Sheet 31,5 x 44,9 cm. (1238 x 1758 in.)
Provenance
Estate of the artist; bequeathed to the City of Oslo (stamped); then transferred to the Munchmuseet (their stamp verso), Oslo; de-accessioned in 1968 (their de-accession stamp verso; inscribed in black ink with their inv. no. 19-7 and the Schiefler number in pencil).
Otto Schäfer (1912-2000), Schweinfurt (Lugt 5881); his sale, Kornfeld, Bern, Meisterwerke der Graphik von 1425 bis 1925: Teile der Sammlung Otto Schäfer, 24 June 1992, lot 435.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
G. Schiefler, Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks Edvard Munchs bis 1906, published by the author, Berlin, 1907, no. 20, pp. 41-42.
G. Woll, The Complete Graphic Works, Oslo and London, 2012, no. 13, pp. 47 (another impression ill.).
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