Self-Portrait (Selvportrett)

1895

Edvard Munch

Associated Names
Edvard Munch

Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

The image shows a portrait displaying the head and neck of a person facing forward. The individual has combed hair with a side part and a visible mustache. They appear to be wearing a high-collared garment. The background is a solid dark color, with a light border around the image. The inscription "Edvard Munch" and "1895" are at the top of the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    The Epstein Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 45.5 × 32.2 cm (17 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 63.7 × 47.8 cm (25 1/16 × 18 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.161.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Woll 2012, no. 37

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kornfeld und Klipstein Gallery, Bern, 16 June 1967; to the Epstein Family Collection, Washington; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1969

  • Washington Print Club: The Work of Edvard Munch from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Lionel C. Epstein, The Phillips Collection, Washington, 1969.

1972

  • The Epstein Collection, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, 1972.

1976

  • Edvard Munch, The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston; The New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; The Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio; Dallas Museum of Art, 1976.

1977

  • Graphic Works by Edvard Munch: Selected from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Lionel C. Epstein, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, 1977.

1978

  • Edvard Munch: 1863/1944, Studio d'Arte A2, Rome, 1978.

1982

  • Edvard Munch: Paradox of Woman [and Supplement], Denvert Art Museum, Denver, 1982.

1983

  • The Prints of Edvard Munch: Mirror of His Life, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus; Portland Art Museum, Portland; Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, 1983-1984.

1984

  • Edvard Munch: Prints, The Meadows Museum and Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1984.

  • Alpha and Omega. Its Gestation and Resolution, Sarah Lawrence College Gallery, Bronxville, 1984.

1985

  • De grafische kunst van Edvard Munch: Spiegel van zijn leven (The Graphic Art of Edvard Munch: Mirror of His Life), Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam, 1985-1986.

1986

  • Edvard Munch: Mirror Reflections: Edvard Munch, "The Frieze of Life" and "The Mirror", Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, 1986.

  • The Prints of Edvard Munch: Mirror of His Life, Achenbach Foundation, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, 1986.

1990

  • Edvard Munch: Master Prints from the Epstein Family Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta; The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 1990-1992.

1996

  • Close to the Surface: The Expressionist Prints of Edvard Munch and Richard Bosman, Columbus Museum, Columbus, 1996.

1999

  • Edvard Munch: Prints from the Epstein Family Collection, National Museum of Art, Kyoto; Hiroshima Museum of Art, Hiroshima; Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, Fukuoka, Fukuoka; Sogo Museum of Art, Chiba, 1999.

Inscriptions

"E Munch 95" lower right margin, graphite. "(3)C1586" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"E L S" [Lionel and Sally Epstein] verso, red stamped ink.

Watermarks

None.

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