Lot No. 11


Edvard Munch


(Loeiten 1863–1944 Oslo)
The Kiss, 1895, etching with drypoint, burnisher and open bite on laid paper, signed and dated Edv Munch 96, inscribed N 6 avant lettre, plate size 34.5 x 27.6 cm, sheet size 47 x 37.7 cm, Schiefler 22, Woll 23 a

Woll mentions two early impressions inscribed “avant lettre No 5” in the Campbell Collection and the National Gallery/Oslo (NG. K&H. A.19065). On the latter one the windows are much lighter than on the present copy and the cross in the window upper right is barely visible. The present copy shows the cross more visible

Provenance:
Ackermann & Sauerwein, Frankfurt/Main, stock catalogue no. 2, Autumn 1929, lot 679
Private Collection, Chemnitz
Private Collection, Southern Germany, inherited from the above

Specialist: Raphael Achterberg, MA Raphael Achterberg, MA
+43-1-515 60-557

raphael.achterberg@dorotheum.at

23.05.2023 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 65,000.-
Estimate:
EUR 45,000.- to EUR 70,000.-

Edvard Munch


(Loeiten 1863–1944 Oslo)
The Kiss, 1895, etching with drypoint, burnisher and open bite on laid paper, signed and dated Edv Munch 96, inscribed N 6 avant lettre, plate size 34.5 x 27.6 cm, sheet size 47 x 37.7 cm, Schiefler 22, Woll 23 a

Woll mentions two early impressions inscribed “avant lettre No 5” in the Campbell Collection and the National Gallery/Oslo (NG. K&H. A.19065). On the latter one the windows are much lighter than on the present copy and the cross in the window upper right is barely visible. The present copy shows the cross more visible

Provenance:
Ackermann & Sauerwein, Frankfurt/Main, stock catalogue no. 2, Autumn 1929, lot 679
Private Collection, Chemnitz
Private Collection, Southern Germany, inherited from the above

Specialist: Raphael Achterberg, MA Raphael Achterberg, MA
+43-1-515 60-557

raphael.achterberg@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Modern Art
Auction type: Saleroom auction with Live Bidding
Date: 23.05.2023 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 13.05. - 23.05.2023


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