
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching with graphite additions on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 23.9 × 31.6 cm (9 7/16 × 12 7/16 in.)
sheet: 35.9 × 47.6 cm (14 1/8 × 18 3/4 in.) -
Accession Number
2023.161.22
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Catalogue Raisonné
Woll 2012, no. 470, state i/iv
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 22 October 1997; 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. 470
Inscriptions
"E Munch" lower right margin, graphite. Not dated. "Die Katze" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Probedruck auf / eigene Presse" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "13" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "500-" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "[illeg.]" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
"E L S" [Lionel and Sally Epstein] verso, brown stamped ink.
Watermarks
None.