Woman's Head against the Shore
PrintsNorwegian19th century

Woman's Head against the Shore

1899

Artists

Edvard MunchArtist
Classification
Prints
Technique
Woodcut
Medium
Woodcut printed in turquoise-green and pale and dark orange inks on off-white wove paper
Culture
Norwegian
Century
19th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Prints

Dimensions

image: 46 x 41 cm (18 1/8 x 16 1/8 in.) sheet: 60.2 x 48.2 cm (23 11/16 x 19 in.)

Provenance

Sotheby Park Bernet, NY. Philip and Lynn Straus (1972-2012); Lynn Straus, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

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