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Kiss in the Field

1905

Edvard Munch

Associated Names

Edvard Munch

Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

Edvard Munch

Printer, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

The painting features two figures embracing in an abstracted scene. The figures are centered in the composition, rendered in black and white with outlines suggesting an embrace. The background shows an abstract landscape with wave-like patterns and the ground is depicted with horizontal lines fading into a dark landscape. The use of negative space creates an emotional scene.

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Artwork overview

Medium

woodcut
Credit Line

The Epstein Family Collection
Dimensions

framed: 47.94 × 52.07 cm (18 7/8 × 20 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

2024.148.12
Catalogue Raisonné

Woll 2001, no. 270

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kornfeld und Klipstein via RM Light, Bern, 18 June 1965; to the Epstein Family Collection, Washington DC.

Associated Names

The Foundation for the Epstein Family Collection

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