Past Exhibition

Edvard Munch

The image depicts abstract shapes, including two figures and various geometric elements, set against a backdrop of contrasting colors. On the left, there is a black figure and a red figure. The scene is set on a sandy ground with white and tan shapes. In the background, there is a curving green shape and a wavy blue line. To the right, there is a large yellow 'i'-shaped symbol with a dot above it.
Edvard Munch, Edvard Munch, Two Women on the Shore (Frauen am Meeresufer), 1898 / c.1917 or later (1920s?), color woodcut and stencil on wove paper, Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection) and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1978.15.5

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    East Building, Concourse (14,000 sq. ft.)
The image depicts abstract shapes, including two figures and various geometric elements, set against a backdrop of contrasting colors. On the left, there is a black figure and a red figure. The scene is set on a sandy ground with white and tan shapes. In the background, there is a curving green shape and a wavy blue line. To the right, there is a large yellow 'i'-shaped symbol with a dot above it.
Edvard Munch, Edvard Munch, Two Women on the Shore (Frauen am Meeresufer), 1898 / c.1917 or later (1920s?), color woodcut and stencil on wove paper, Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection) and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1978.15.5

Overview: 245 of Edvard Munch's paintings, prints, drawings, watercolors, and woodblocks, and an illustrated manuscript volume, The Tree of Knowledge, were borrowed from 20 sources.

Organization: A Norwegian committee of officials at the museums in Oslo and Bergen was assisted by Reinhold Heller, Gaillard Ravenel, and Andrew Robison. Heller was the exhibition curator. Earl A. Powell III and Ravenel were exhibition coordinators at the National Gallery. Ravenel and Mark Leithauser designed the exhibition and Gordon Anson designed the lighting. The Concourse level was converted into a series of 15 rooms.

Sponsor: The exhibition was supported by a grant from Mobil Oil Corporation and by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Attendance: 271,000

Catalog: Edvard Munch: Symbols and Images. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1975.

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