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Woman's Head against the Shore

A work made of woodcut printed from two blocks (each sawn into two sections) in light green, orange, blue-green, and red-brown ink on ivory japanese paper.
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  • A work made of woodcut printed from two blocks (each sawn into two sections) in light green, orange, blue-green, and red-brown ink on ivory japanese paper.

Date:

1899

Artist:

Edvard Munch
Norwegian, 1863-1944

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Edvard Munch

Title

Woman's Head against the Shore

Place

Norway (Artist's nationality:)

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1899

Medium

Woodcut printed from two blocks (each sawn into two sections) in light green, orange, blue-green, and red-brown ink on ivory Japanese paper

Dimensions

Image: 46.5 × 41.1 cm (18 5/16 × 16 3/16 in.); Sheet: 59.5 × 47 cm (23 7/16 × 18 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1962.84

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