Encounter in Space (Møte i verdensrommet)
1902
Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and open bite on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 12.9 × 18.7 cm (5 1/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
sheet: 24.8 × 32 cm (9 3/4 × 12 5/8 in.) -
Accession
2021.101.12
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Catalogue Raisonné
Woll 2012, no. 168
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 26 November 1979; to the Epstein Family Collection, Washington; gift to NGA, 2021
Associated Names
Bibliography
2001
Woll, Gerd. Edvard Munch: The Complete Graphic Works. New York, 2001: no. 168.
Inscriptions
"Edv Munch" lower right margin, graphite. Not dated. "O Felsing Berlin gdr." lower left margin, graphite, printer's hand. "73" verso, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "W [illeg.] M." verso, upper right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "85" verso, upper right sheet, blue crayon, unknown hand. "F [illeg.]" verso, upper right sheet, graphite, unknown hand. "C 73/2" verso, lower right sheet, blue crayon, unknown hand.
Markings
"E L S" [Lionel and Sally Epstein] verso, brown stamped ink.
Watermarks
None.