Woman. Sphinx
Oil on canvas
1894
Inventory number: MM.M.00057
Catalogue raisonné: Woll M 361
Details
| Comment |
Basically painted with thin strokes, but also some more impasto touches, on a preprimed, twill weave linen canvas. In 1955 it was lined on a far coarser, panama weave canvas, and that has left some marks on the surface.
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| Title | Kvinnen. Sfinx (NO) Woman. Sphinx (EN) Die Frau. Sphinx (DE) |
| Painter | Edvard Munch |
| Date | 1894 |
| Classification | Paintings |
| Material/technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | Image: 72,5 × 100,5 cm Technical dimensions: 72,5 × 100,5 cm Framed: 81 x 109 x 6 cm |
| Signed | Usignert |
| Owner/Collection | Munchmuseet |
| Inventory number | MM.M.00057 |
| Bibliography |
Endresen, Signe, "Mannen og kunstneren. Den mørke mannsfiguren i Edvard Munchs malerier 1891–1908", i Kjønnsforhandlinger. Studier i kunst, film og litteratur, Oslo 2013, s. 217, 221
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Woll, Gerd, "Alpha und Omega. Munchs Bildfabel über die ersten beiden Menschen" / "Alpha and Omega. Munch’s Pictoral Fable of the First Two Human Beings", Edvard Munch. Alpha & Omega, utst.kat. Museum der Westküste, Alkersum/ Föhr 2013, s. 61 Hansen, Dorothee m.fl., Edvard Munch – Mystery behind the Canvas, A Short Guide. Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen 2011, s. 12, 18 Nierhoff-Wielk, Barbara, "Katalog. Die ausgestellten Werke", Edvard Munch – Rätsel hinter der Leinwand, utst.kat. Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen 2011, kat.nr. 10, s. 54f, 82 Pettersen, Petra, “Munch. Un ‘outsider’ del suo tempo�? , Munch e lo spirito del Nord. Scandinavia nel secondo ottocento, utst.kat. Villa Manin, Passariano di Codroipo, 2010, s. 110 Fuhr, Michael, et.al., Edvard Munch und das Unheimliche, utst.kat. Leopold Museum, Wien 2009, s. 85 Woll, Gerd, "’Alfa og Omega’, Munchs billedfabel om de to første mennesker", Edvard Munch og Danmark, (English edition: Edvard Munch and Denmark), utst.kat. Ordrupgaard, København 2009, s. 42 Templeton, Joan, Munch's Ibsen: A Painter's Vision of a Playwright, København 2008, s. 26f, 80 Müller-Westermann, Iris, Munch Själv, utst.kat. Moderna Museet, 2005, (English edition: Munch by himself), s. 38 Schröder, Klaus Albrecht og Antonia Hoerschelmann (red.), Edvard Munch. Thema und Variation / Edvard Munch. Theme and variation, utst.kat. Albertina, Wien 2003, s. 149 Høifødt, Frank, "Edvard Munch – Stil und Thema um 1900" / "Edvard Munch – style and theme around the year 1900", Edvard Munch. Thema und Variation / Edvard Munch Theme and variation, utst.kat., Wien 2003, s. 59 Kneher, Jan, Edvard Munch in seinen Ausstellungen zwischen 1892 und 1912. Eine Dokumentation der Ausstellungen und Studie zur Rezeptionsgeschichte von Munchs Kunst, Worms 1994, avhandling (Doktor der Philosophie)Eggum, Arne, Edvard Munch. Livsfrisen fra maleri til grafikk, Oslo 1990, s. 97 Svenæus, Gösta, Idé och innehåll i Edvard Munchs konst, Oslo 1953, s. 75 og 76 |
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