Man's Head in Woman's Hair (Mannshode i kvinnehår)

1896

Edvard Munch

Associated Names
Edvard Munch

Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

Edvard Munch

Printer, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

M. W. Lassally Graphische Kunst-Anstalt

Printer, Berlin

Anton Peder Nielsen Kildeborg

Printer

The image depicts two abstract figures - a woman and a man. The woman's head and long flowing hair are outlined in a reddish-brown hue, visible from the side. The man's face appears below the arch of her hair, depicted with darker tones. Both faces have sharp, linear features, with the woman's eyes closed and etched lines suggesting facial contours. The man's face shows broader lines around his eyes and mouth. The background is a textured, dark, grayish-blue, forming a vertical pattern. There are no visible clothes, jewelry, or objects beyond the stylization of their faces and hair.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    The Epstein Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    framed: 81.76 × 66.36 × 3.49 cm (32 3/16 × 26 1/8 × 1 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.172.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Woll 2012, no. 89 (p. 118)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 11 June 1966, lot 754a); The Epstein Family Collection, Washington, DC.

Associated Names

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