Melancholy II (Melankoli II)

1898

Edvard Munch

Associated Names
Edvard Munch

Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

Edvard Munch

Printer, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

This print displays a red curved shape on the left, alongside black lines leading towards a green patterned background on the right. The composition suggests a curved shoreline with a green body of water on the right and a dark beach or road leading towards tall cliffs on the left. The red shape has two pale sections connected to it, perhaps indicating a very abstract person in flowing red or draped material.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    The Epstein Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 33 × 42 cm (13 × 16 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 33 × 54 cm (13 × 21 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.101.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Woll 2012, no. 132 (p. 155)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kaare Berntsen, Oslo, November 1986; to the Epstein Family Collection, Washington; gift to NGA, 2021

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2024

  • Munch and Kirchner: Anxiety and Expression, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2024, pl. 63, repro.

Bibliography

2001

  • Woll, Gerd. Edvard Munch: The Complete Graphic Works. New York, 2001: no. 132.

2024

  • Spira, Freyda. Munch and Kirchner: Anxiety and Expression. Exh. cat. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2024: unpaginated, pl. 63.

Inscriptions

"Ed Munch" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "O" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Illeg. inscription, verso, graphite, artist's hand.

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