The Heart (Hjertet)
1898 - 1899
Edvard Munch
Artist, Norwegian, 1863 - 1944
Artwork overview
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Medium
woodcut in black, green, and red on Japan paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 24.9 x 19.1 cm (9 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
sheet: 40.4 x 33.9 cm (15 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.) -
Accession Number
1991.32.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Woll 2012, no. 135 (p. 158); State only
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Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 256-257, color repro.
Bibliography
1907
Schiefler, Gustav. Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks Edvard Munchs bis 1906. vol. 1. Berlin, 1907 (reprinted 1974); and Schiefler, Gustav. Edvard Munch. Das graphische Werk 1906-1926. vol. 2. Berlin, 1927. (reprinted 1974).
1990
Epstein, Sarah G. Edvard Munch: Master Prints from the Epstein Family Collection. Washington D.C., 1990: page 108.
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.258.
2001
Woll, Gerd. Edvard Munch: The Complete Graphic Works. New York, 2001.
Inscriptions
lower right in graphite: Edv Munch
Wikidata ID
Q74888198