The Square in Berlin. Potsdamer Platz

1902

Edvard Munch

Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint and open bite aquatint in brown ink on beige wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Epstein Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12 x 17 cm (4 3/4 x 6 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 34.9 x 51 cm (13 3/4 x 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.3.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Woll 2011, no. 177, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Epstein Family Collection; gift to NGA 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2020

  • Edvard Munch and the Cycle of Life, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, 2020, no cat.

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, no. 155. (reprinted 1974).

2001

  • Woll, Gerd. Edvard Munch: The Complete Graphic Works. New York, 2001. no. 177, State only.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right under plate, in graphite: Ed Munch; by later hand, lower left under plate, in graphite: Ofitung Berlin prob[?]; by artist, lower left under plate, in graphite: Potsdamerplatz; by later hand, lower left, in graphite: Potsdamerplatz; by later hand, verso center, in graphite: 71 [circled]

Markings

stamp, verso center, in red ink: ELS

Wikidata ID

Q76560769

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