Pretenders: Ordeal by Fire II

1927

Edvard Munch

Associated Names
Edvard Munch

Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

The image shows a full-length figure of a person standing in the center with others around. The person is in an upright standing position, facing forward with a slight tilt of the head upwards. Their facial features are rendered and the person is wearing a long robe-like garment with a pattern of light and dark areas. Around this central figure are several other figures suggested by outlines and shadows, creating a sense of a crowd. The setting appears to be indoors, with the background filled with more indistinct figures and a dark atmosphere.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    The Epstein Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    block: 46.04 × 37.78 cm (18 1/8 × 14 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 64.14 × 49.53 cm (25 1/4 × 19 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.25.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Woll 2001, no. 721

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Epstein Family Collection, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

  • Edvard Munch: Without the Scream, Pinacothèque de Paris, 2010.

Bibliography

2001

  • Woll, Gerd. Edvard Munch: The Complete Graphic Works. New York, 2001: no. 721.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Edv Munch; lower right in graphite: [undeciphered]; lower left along the bottom in graphite, by later hand: "Inga" nach der Feuerprobe - Szene aus Ibsen: "[undeciphered]"

Markings

stamp, verso in red ink: ELS (not in Lugt)

Wikidata ID

Q76552543

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