Female Nude in an Interior

1896

Edvard Munch

Associated Names
Edvard Munch

Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

Alfred Louis Porcabeuf

Printer, French, 1867 - 1952

Otto Felsing

Printer, German, 1854 - 1920

The image shows a full-body profile of a person standing, facing slightly to the right with one arm extended outward. The facial features and hair are not clearly defined due to the soft focus of the image and the shadowy rendering. The figure is unclothed, holding a draped piece of fabric. The background appears to be a dimly lit room with a window in the background, and another piece of fabric is visible in the top left corner. The image is in a muted color palette, giving it a soft appearance. It includes an aged border and handwritten notes at the bottom.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    burnished aquatint and drypoint

  • Credit Line

    The Epstein Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 44.5 x 31 cm (17 1/2 x 12 3/16 in.)
    plate: 14.8 x 13 cm (5 13/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.84.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Woll 2001, no. 47 ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Epstein Family Collection; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1907

  • Schiefler, Gustav. Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks Edvard Munchs bis 1906. vol. 1. Berlin, 1907 (reprinted 1974); and Schiefler, Gustav. Edvard Munch. Das graphische Werk 1906-1926. vol. 2. Berlin, 1927. (reprinted 1974), no. 40.

1990

  • Epstein, Sarah G. Edvard Munch: Master Prints from the Epstein Family Collection. Washington D.C., 1990: page 61.

2001

  • Woll, Gerd. Edvard Munch: The Complete Graphic Works. New York, 2001, no. 47 ii/iii.

Inscriptions

by artist, lower right under plate in graphite: E Munch / Zinktryk coloriert; by a later hand (?), lower right corner in graphite: 4; by a later hand, across top verso in graphite: B 6117; by a later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 25 ill[ ]; by a later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Sch 40/1

Markings

stamp: lower right within plate mark on verso in red ink: ELS [not in Lugt]

Wikidata ID

Q76557841

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