The Human Mountain: Sphinx
Oil on canvas
1927–1928
Inventory number: MM.M.00801
Catalogue raisonné: Woll M 1607
Details
| Comment |
Painted on preprimed linen canvas. The figure’s chest is hatched in blue crayon, which has also been used to accentuate the facial features.
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| Title | Menneskeberget: Sfinx (NO) The Human Mountain: Sphinx (EN) Der Menschenberg: Sfinx (DE) |
| Painter | Edvard Munch |
| Date | 1927–1928 |
| Classification | Paintings |
| Material/technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | Image: 142 × 103 cm Technical dimensions: 142.2 × 103.1 cm Framed: 150 x 111.6 x 6.1 cm |
| Signed | Usignert |
| Owner/Collection | Munchmuseet |
| Inventory number | MM.M.00801 |
| Bibliography |
Junillon, Ingrid, Edvard Munch face à Henrik Ibsen: impressions d'un lecteur, Instituttet for sammenlignende kulturforskning, serie B: Skrifter, vol. CXXXIII, Leuven / Peeters 2009, fig. 124, s. 293
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Pettersen, Petra, "Munchs Aula-dekorasjoner" / "Munch's Aula paintings" i Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch. Samlede malerier / Complete Paintings, Catalogue Raisonneé I-IV, MM, Kaare Berntsen, London 2009, s. 829–851 Svenæus, Gösta, Edvard Munch. Das Universum der Melancholie, Lund 1968, s. 197 Langaard, Johan H., og Reidar Revold, Edvard Munch. Auladekorasjonene, Oslo 1960, s. 63 Svenæus, Gösta, Idé och innehåll i Edvard Munchs konst, Oslo 1953, s. 112 |
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