The Sick Child (Detsyke barn)

1894

Edvard Munch

Associated Names
Edvard Munch

Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

The image displays an elderly person leaning over a seated younger person in bed. The younger individual is reclining against a pillow with their head turned toward the elderly person. Both are dressed in dark clothing. The room includes a nightstand with a candle and a chest of drawers. The lighting is dim, creating contrasting shadows. The background features a dark, hatched texture and a faint halo above the younger person's head.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    The Epstein Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 36.6 × 27 cm (14 7/16 × 10 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 47.5 × 32.5 cm (18 11/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.172.37

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Woll 2012, no. 7 (p. 42)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 13 June 1975); The Epstein Family Collection, Washington, DC.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1976

  • Edvard Munch, The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston; 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.

1981

  • Edvard Munch and the Female Paradigm, The Virginia Museum, Richmond, 1981.

  • Edvard Munch: Paradox of Woman, Aldis Browne Fine Arts, Ltd., New York; McNay Art Institute, San Antonio; Abilene Fine Arts, Museum, Abilene; Denver Art Museum, Denver; University Art Galleries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; Minnesota Museum of Art, Minnesota, 1981-1983.

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 Museum of Art, New Brunswick; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, 1983-1984.

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, 1986.

  • The Paris Style 1900: Art Nouveau Bing, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; The Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; The Cooper-Hewitt Museum and Decorative Arts and Design, New York, 1986-1987.

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 Arts, Kansas City; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta; The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 1990-1992.

1997

  • Munch and Women: Image and Myth, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego; Portland Art Museum, Portland; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1997.

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

"Edvard Munch 5" lower right margin, graphite.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

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