The Cat (Katten)

1913

Edvard Munch

Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

Edvard Munch

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with graphite additions on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Epstein Family Collection

  • 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

  • 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.

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