Man's Head in Woman's Hair

Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863–1944)

1896

Medium/Technique Color woodcut from two blocks on thick brown paper; line block printed in greenish gray, color block cut in two pieces and printed simultaneously in orange (woman's head and hair) and dark greenish blue (background)

Dimensions Block: 54.7 x 38.4 cm (21 9/16 x 15 1/8 in.); Sheet: 70 x 54.3 cm (27 9/16 x 21 3/8 in.)

Credit Line George Peabody Gardner Fund

Accession Number41.728

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Woll 089.III.1; Schiefler 80

InscriptionsIn graphite, l.r.: Edv Munch

Provenance1941, sold by Buchholz Gallery, New York, to the MFA for $90. (Accession Date: November 13, 1941)