Past Exhibition

The Sick Girl by Edvard Munch

The image shows two individuals from the waist up, positioned side by side. The person on the right is lying in bed, propped up by pillows, with long hair and a profile view of their face. They wear a loose-fitting, long-sleeved garment. The other person is seated or leaning beside the bed, facing downward, resting their head on the mattress or the person's arm. Their facial features are obstructed by their position, but they have closely cropped hair. This person wears a dark, long-sleeved outfit. In the surroundings, a candle stands on a table beside the bed, and a small rounded item is on a nightstand. The background is a simple textured wall, while the foreground shows a sketch of a lone tree against a blank backdrop.
Edvard Munch, The Sick Child (Das kranke Madchen), 1894, drypoint, Rosenwald Collection, 1944.14.61

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    Cafeteria Corridor, Auditorium Corridor
The image shows two individuals from the waist up, positioned side by side. The person on the right is lying in bed, propped up by pillows, with long hair and a profile view of their face. They wear a loose-fitting, long-sleeved garment. The other person is seated or leaning beside the bed, facing downward, resting their head on the mattress or the person's arm. Their facial features are obstructed by their position, but they have closely cropped hair. This person wears a dark, long-sleeved outfit. In the surroundings, a candle stands on a table beside the bed, and a small rounded item is on a nightstand. The background is a simple textured wall, while the foreground shows a sketch of a lone tree against a blank backdrop.
Edvard Munch, The Sick Child (Das kranke Madchen), 1894, drypoint, Rosenwald Collection, 1944.14.61

Overview: The painting by Munch was on loan from the Munch Museum in Oslo; also shown were prints of the same subject from other lenders. A special display panel was installed for the painting. Brilliantly lit, it dominated the view from the Constitution Avenue entrance lobby. A lithograph and a drypoint from Oslo, with prints of the same subject from other sources, were displayed in the auditorium corridor.

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