The Cat (Katten)

1895 - 1896

Edvard Munch

Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

Edvard Munch

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Epstein Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9.1 × 13.8 cm (3 9/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 25 × 32 cm (9 13/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.161.21

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Woll 2012, no. 33

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 27 November 1979; to the Epstein Family Collection, Washington; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2001

  • Woll, Gerd. Edvard Munch: The Complete Graphic Works. New York, 2001: no. 33

Inscriptions

"Edv. Munch" lower right margin, graphite. "No 109" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "70" verso, lower right sheet, blue crayon, unknown hand. "[illeg.] / "Katten"" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

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