Woman (Woman in Three Stages, The Sphinx)

1899

Edvard Munch

Associated Names
Edvard Munch

Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

The image shows three individuals depicted in a monochrome print. The first person on the left is fully clothed in a dark garment, standing upright with long, dark hair. The central figure is naked with long, dark hair pulled back, posed with legs apart and hands on the back of their head. The third individual on the right is clothed in a long, light-colored dress, standing sideways with long, light hair flowing down their back. The background features dark, swirling patterns.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    The Epstein Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 44.9 × 59.4 cm (17 11/16 × 23 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 47.9 × 64 cm (18 7/8 × 25 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.148.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Woll 147 III

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Walter Bareiss, Munich and New York; (sale, Peter Deitsch, New York, 18 January 1967); to the Epstein Family Collection, Washington, DC.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Oberlin Alumni Collect, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, 1967.

1969

  • Washington Print Club: The Work of Edvard Munch from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Lionel C. Epstein, The Phillips Collection, Washington, 1969.

1972

  • The Epstein Collection, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, 1972.

1976

  • Edvard Munch, The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston; The New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; The Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 1976.

1977

  • Graphic Works by Edvard Munch: Selected from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Lionel C. Epstein, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, 1977.

1978

  • Edvard Munch: 1863/1944, Studio d'Arte A2, Rome, 1978.

  • Edvard Munch and the Female Paradigm, The Virginia Museum, Richmond, 1978.

1981

  • The Earthly Chimera and the Femme Fatale: Fear of Woman in Nineteeth-Century Art, The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, University of Chicago, Chicago, 1981.

  • Edvard Munch: Paradox of Woman, Aldis Browne Fine Arts, Ltd., New York; McNay Art Institute, San Antonio; Abilene Fine Arts, Abilene; Denver Art Museum, Denver; University Art Galleries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, 1981-1983.

1984

  • Edvard Munch: Prints, The Meadows Museum and Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1984.

1990

  • Edvard Munch: Master Prints from the Epstein Family Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta; The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 1990-1991.

1997

  • Munch and Women: Image and Myth, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego; Portland Art Museum, Portland; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1997.

1999

  • Edvard Munch: Prints from the Epstein Family Collection, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; Hiroshima Museum of Art, Hiroshima; Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, Fukuoka; Sogo Museum of Art, Chiba, 1999.

2010

  • Edvard Munch: Master Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2010.

Inscriptions

"E Munch" lower right margin, graphite. "1038/16" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "R9089" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"E L S" verso, red stamped ink.

Watermarks

None.

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