PrintsNorwegian20th century

The Dead Mother and Her Child

1901

Artists

Edvard MunchArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching and drypoint

Medium

Etching, open bite, and drypoint printed in brownish black ink on light tan wove paper

Culture

Norwegian

Century

20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 32.1 × 49.2 cm (12 5/8 × 19 3/8 in.) sheet: 56.1 × 73.1 cm (22 1/16 × 28 3/4 in.)

Provenance

[Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York], sold; to Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus, New York, 1972, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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