ID 1059518
Lot 841 | EDVARD MUNCH (1863-1944)
Estimate value
$ 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
Karl Jensen-Hjell
signed and dated 'E Munch 1885.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
75 x 39 ½ in. (190.6 x 100.4 cm.)
Painted in 1885
Provenance
Karl Jensen-Hjell, Norway (acquired from the artist).
Dr. Henrik Arnold Thaulow Dedichen, Horten, Norway (bequest from the above, 1889).
Dr. Claudius Lucien Dedichen, Norway (by descent from the above, circa 1935).
Thomas Olsen, Norway (by 1953).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
J. Nilssen, "Edvard Munch" in Kunst og Kultur, 1913, vol. 4, p. 87.
J. Thiis, Edvard Munch og hans samtid. Slekten, Livet og kunsten. Geniet, Oslo, 1933, p. 105 (illustrated).
C. Gierløff, Edvard Munch Selv, Oslo, 1953, p. 55.
I. Langaard, Edvard Munch: Modningsår, Oslo, 1960, p. 16 (illustrated, fig. 3).
O. Thue, "Edvard Munch og Christian Krohg" in Kunst og Kultur, Oslo, 1973, vol. 4,p. 245.
R. Stang, Edvard Munch: The Man and his Art, New York, 1977, p. 306, no. 61 (illustrated, p. 50).
P. Hodin, Edvard Munch, London, 1977, p. 37, no. 24 (illustrated).
R. Stang, Edvard Munch: The Man and the Artist, London, 1979, p. 58.
A. Eggum, Edvard Munch: Peintures–ésquisses–études, Paris, 1983, p. 41, no. 72 (illustrated).
R. Heller, Munch: His Life and Work, London, 1984, p. 31, no. 19 (illustrated).
A. Eggum, Munch and Photography, New Haven, 1989, p. 25.
A. Bøe, Edvard Munch, Oslo, 1992, p. 13, no. 4 (illustrated in color).
A. Affentranger-Kirchrath, “Die Frage nach dem Menschen: Porträtmalerei um 1900 am Beispiel Ferdinand Hodlers und Edvard Munchs” in Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte, 1994, vol. 51, no. 4, p. 298 (illustrated, fig. 4).
S. Prideaux, Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream, London, 2005, no. 34 (illustrated).
F. Høifødt, "The Kristiania Bohemia reflected in the art of the young Edvard Munch” in Edvard Munch: An Anthology, Oslo, 2006, p. 23.
G. Woll, Edvard Munch: Complete Paintings, Catalogue Raisonné, 1880-1897, London, 2008, vol. I, p. 138, no. 122 (illustrated in color, p. 139).
Exhibited
Kristiania, Nationalgalleriet, Den 2den aarlige Kunstudstilling, 1885, p. 7, no. 72b (titled Portraet).
Kristiania, Studentersamfundets lille sal, Edv. Munchs Maleriudstilling, 1889, no. 40.
Kristiania, Juveler Tostrups Gaard, Edvard Munchs maleriudstilling, 1892, no. 41 (titled Portraet).
Berlin, Verein Berliner Künstler. Architektenhaus; Dusseldorf, Eduard Schulte and Cologne, Eduard Schulte, Sonderausstellung des Malers Eduard Munch, 1892, no. 50.
Berlin, Equitable-Palast, Sonderausstellung des Malers Eduard Munch, 1892-1893, no. 49 (titled Portrait von Maler Jensen).
Copenhagen, Georg Kleis. Skandinavisk Kunstudstillings lokaler, Eduard Munch’s samlede arbejder, 1893, no. 49.
Breslau, Kunstverein Lichtenberg; Dresden, Theodor Lichtenberg Nachfolger. Victoriahaus and Munich, Kunstverein Lichtenberg, Sonderausstellung des Malers Eduard Munch, 1893, no. 48 (titled Portrait von Maler Jensen).
Stockholm, Galerie Blanch i Konstforeningens locale, Edvard Munchs utställning, 1894, no. 8.
Kristiania, Blomqvist Kunsthandel, Portraetudstilling, 1910.
Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet, Edvard Munch, 1927, no. 18.
Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, Høstutstillingen gjennom de forste 25 ar, 1882-1907, 1932, no. 198.
Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, Edvard Munch utstilling: Malerier, akvareller, tegninger, grafik, 1951, no. 31 (illustrated).
Kunsthaus Zurich, Edvard Munch, June-August 1952, p. 23, no. 1.
Sāo Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de Sāo Paulo, Il Bienal, 1953-1954, no. 1 (titled Retrato de um pintor).
Venice, La biennale di Venezia, 1954, no. 4
Munich, Haus der Kunst and Cologne, Wallraff-Richartz-Museum, Ausstellung Edvard Munch, 1954-1955, p. 18, no. 5.
Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst and Odense, Fyn Stiftsmuseum, Kunstforeningens Edvard Munch Udstilling, March 1955, p. 19, no. 5.
Kunstmuseum Bern, Edvard Munch, October-November 1958, p. 19, no. 2 (illustrated).
Vienna, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Edvard Munch. Wiener Festwochen, 1959, no. 2 (illustrated).
Muzeum Narodowe W Warszawie, Edvard Munch: Malarstwo i grafika, November-December 1959, p. 15, no. 2 (illustrated, pl. IV).
Frankfurt am Main, Steinernes Haus, Edvard Munch, November 1962-January 1963, no. 1 (illustrated).
Oslo Nasjonalgalleriet, 150 Jahre Norwegische Malerei, June-July 1964, no. 54.
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Edvard Munch, October 1965-January 1966, p. 28, no. 4 (illustrated).
Schaffhausen, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Edvard Munch, 1968, no. 4.
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Höjdpunkter i norsk konst, 1968, no. 231.
Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Edvard Munch, September-October 1975, no. 150 (illustrated, pl. 35).
Humblebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Edvard Munch, 1975-1976, no. 1 (with incorrect dimensions).
Kunsthalle Kiel, Edvard Munch: Gemälde und Zeichnungen aus einer norwegischen Privatsammlung, January-April 1979, p. 18, no. 2 (illustrated in color, p. 19).
Museum Folkwang Essen and Kunsthaus Zurich, Edvard Munch, September 1987-February 1988, no. 7 (illustrated in color).
Oslo, Munchmuseet, Munch Portretter, January-March 1994, p. 287, no. 8 (illustrated in color, p. 35).
Tokyo, Setagaya Art Museum, Edvard Munch, April-June 1997, p. 45, no. 6 (illustrated in color).
Lugano, Museo d’Arte Moderna, Edvard Munch, September-December 1998, p. 219, no. 4 (illustrated in color, pl. 27).
Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Munch, 2005, p. 84, no. 1 (illustrated, p. 85).
Artist: | Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944) |
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Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944) |
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Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
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