Vampire (Vampyr)

1894

Edvard Munch

Associated Names
Edvard Munch

Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944

The image shows a series of sweeping, darkly shaded lines forming the outline of a large winged figure. The central figure has wings extending widely. Below this figure, there are sketchy outlines of human forms resting or reclining. The image blends the shape of wings with human figures.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in dark brown

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1944.14.50

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Woll 2001, no. 4, State iii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1962

  • Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA, 1962, no cat.

1966

  • Edvard Munch, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, PA, 1966.

Bibliography

1907

  • Schiefler, Gustav. Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks Edvard Munchs bis 1906. vol. 1. Berlin, 1907 (reprinted 1974); and Schiefler, Gustav. Edvard Munch. Das graphische Werk 1906-1926. vol. 2. Berlin, 1927. (reprinted 1974).

1999

  • Mathews, Patricia. Passionate Discontent: Creativity, Gender, and French Symbolist Art. Chicago, 1999: 97-98, fig. 5.9.

2001

  • Woll, Gerd. Edvard Munch: The Complete Graphic Works. New York, 2001.

Inscriptions

by later hand outside plate in graphite: Edv Munch / avant Lettre: lower center within image in graphite: Felsing Berlin gedr.

Wikidata ID

Q65019689

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