The Girls on the Bridge (Pikene på broen)

1903

Edvard Munch

Associated Names
Edvard Munch

Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

Carl Sabo

Printer, German

The image shows two people standing next to a wooden railing with water in the background. One person is facing the viewer, wearing a sleeveless dress and holding a round hat with a ribbon. The other person has their back to the viewer, wearing a dark, patterned outfit and also holding a hat.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    The Epstein Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.5 × 25.9 cm (7 5/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.8 × 39.8 cm (11 3/4 × 15 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.161.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Woll 2012, no. 232, state ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sotheby's Parke-Bernet Inc., New York, 16 May 1979; to the Epstein Family Collection, Washington, gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"Edv Munch" lower right margin, graphite. Not dated. "Sch 200. "Mädchen auf der Landungsbrücke" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "K4849" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "NY / 9415" verso, lower sheet, written twice, graphite, unknown hand. "70" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"E L S" [Lionel and Sally Epstein] verso, red stamped ink.

Watermarks

None.

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