Auction: 12 days
As of Jan 16, 2026
Etching and drypoint. Signed and titled. Titled by another hand and numbered several times. On firm wove paper. 20.7 x 28.7 cm. Sheet: 43,9 x 60 cm.
- In this early print, Edvard Munch is shown in profile on the far left together with his bohemian circle in Kristiania (now Oslo). - A later painting with the same subject is now in the Munch Museum in Oslo. - Further prints can be found in important museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Kunsthaus Zurich, and the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main.
LITERATURE: Gustav Schiefler, Edvard Munch. Das graphische Werk 1906-1920, Berlin 1928, CR no. of10 II c (n II d). Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch. Werkverzeichnis der Graphik, München 2001, CT no. 15 c/III (of c/III).
Estate of Edvard Munch, Oslo (1944; verso with estate stamp). Collection of the Munch Museum, Oslo (verso with two collection stamps). Private collection, Northern Germany (from family estate)
In guter Erhaltung. Etwas lichtrandig sowie im Passepartoutausschnitt schwach gebräunt. In den äußeren Blatträndern leicht unfrisch. Die Blattecken teils etwas bestoßen. Am linken Blattrand zwei und am oberen Blattrand mittig ein kleines Einrisschen (ca. 7-15mm). Am oberen Blattrand rechts mit einem kleinen Stockfleckchen.