Harpy (Harpyie)

1899

Edvard Munch

Associated Names
Edvard Munch

Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

The image depicts bold, sweeping lines and shapes that form an abstract figure hovering over a reclining skeletal figure. The dark, wing-like shapes convey an abstract sense of motion or flight. The hovering figure appears expansive and curved, resembling wings, while the skeletal figure lies on the ground. The simple linear background gives an impression of a flat landscape with a single structure or tree-like shape in the distance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    The Epstein Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 36.2 × 32.1 cm (14 1/4 × 12 5/8 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 61.4 × 47.2 cm (24 3/16 × 18 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.161.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Woll 2012, no. 145

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 27 May 1974; to the Epstein Family Collection, Washington; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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.

1990

  • Symbolist Prints, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, 1990.

1998

  • XXIV Bienal de Sao Paulo, Núcleo Histórico: Antropogafia e Histórias de Canibalismos, Pavilhao Ciccillo Matarazzo, Sao Paulo, 1998.

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.

Inscriptions

"Ed Munch" lower right margin, graphite. Not dated.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

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