Melancholy III (Evening; On the Beach)

1901

Edvard Munch

Associated Names
Edvard Munch

Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

The image depicts the upper half of a person's body in a seated position, resting their head on their right hand with a neutral expression. The individual has short dark hair, tan skin, and wears dark clothing that blends with the background. In the background, there is a landscape with land or fields, textured waves, hills, a house, a boat, faint figures, and structures resembling trees or stones. The sky shows varying shades of blue and gray indicating clouds.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on wove Japan paper

  • Credit Line

    The Epstein Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    block: 37.5 × 47 cm (14 3/4 × 18 1/2 in.)
    sheet (irreg.): 45.6 × 63 cm (17 15/16 × 24 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.148.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Woll 2001, no. 203, state iii2/iii7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kaare Bernsten, Oslo, 22 February 1972; to the Epstein Family Collection, Washington DC.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1969

  • Washington Print Club: The Work of Edvard Munch from the Collection and Mr. and Mrs. Lionel C. Epstein, The Phillips Collection, Washington, 1969.

1972

  • The Epstein Collection, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, 1972.

1976

  • Masterworks in Wood: Woodcuts and Wood Engravings, Portland Art Museum, Portland, 1976.

  • Edvard Munch, The New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; The Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 1976.

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.

  • Edvard Munch: Symbols & Images, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1978-1979.

1983

  • The Prints of Edvard Munch: Mirror of His Life, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus; Portland Art Museum, Portland; Bowdoin College, Brunswick; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, 1983-1984.

1984

  • Edvard Munch: Prints, The Meadows Museum and Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1984.

  • Alpha and Omega. Its Gestation and Resolution, Sarah Lawrence College Gallery, Bronxville, 1984.

1985

  • De grafische kunst van Edvard Munch: Spiegel van zijn level (The Graphic Art of Edvard Munch: Mirror of His Life), Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam, 1985-1986.

1986

  • Edvard Munch: Mirror Reflections: Edvard Munch, "The Frieze of Life" and "The Mirror", Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, 1986.

  • The Prints of Edvard Munch: Mirror of His Life, Achenbach Foundation, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, 1986.

1990

  • Edvard Munch: Master Prints from the Epstein Family Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta; The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 1990-1992.

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.

2003

  • Edvard Munch: Themes and Variations, Albertina, Vienna, 2003.

Inscriptions

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

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

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