The Kiss

1898

Edvard Munch

Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut printed from two blocks in black and gray on heavy brown paper [1902 printing]

  • Credit Line

    The Epstein Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 47 x 45.1 cm (18 1/2 x 17 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 60.7 x 59.3 cm (23 7/8 x 23 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1990.26.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Woll 2001, no. 204, State iii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Harald Holst Halvorsen (HHH, Lugt undescribed)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

-1

  • Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Walker Art Building, Brunswick, ME (date unknown).

1969

  • The Phillips Collection (illustrated).

1976

  • Edvard Munch, The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, The University of Houston, Texas, April 9-May 23, 1976, cat. 50.

1990

  • Edvard Munch: Master Prints from the Epstein Family Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington; and tour, 1990-1992, p. 112.

2013

  • Edvard Munch: A 150th Anniversary Tribute, NGA, 2013.

2015

  • Edvard Munch: Archetypes, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 2015.

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. (reprinted 1974).

1990

  • Epstein, Sarah G. Edvard Munch: Master Prints from the Epstein Family Collection. Washington D.C., 1990: page 112.

2001

  • Woll, Gerd. Edvard Munch: The Complete Graphic Works. New York, 2001.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Edv. Munch; by later hands, lower right verso in graphite: 4173 WH 21 B-9030

Wikidata ID

Q74884669

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