EDVARD MUNCH (1863-1944)
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ID 1492603 
Lot 54  | EDVARD MUNCH (1863-1944)
Estimate value
2500000USD $ 2 500 000 – 3 500 000 
Morgen, Naken kvinne ved vinduet (Morning, Nude at the Window)
signed 'E. Munch' (upper right)
oil on canvas
32 x 25 5/8 in. (81.3 x 65.4 cm.)
Painted in 1902
Provenance
Otto Schultz, Steinkjer, Norway (by 1915, until at least 1926).
Hugo Blomqvist, Oslo.
Jens P. Heyerdahl, Oslo (acquired from the above, by 1933, then by descent); sale, Christie's, London, 29 June 1981, lot 35.
Private collection, San Antonio (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, London, 1 December 1986, lot 27.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
"En interessant utstilling: To privatsamlinger av nyere norsk malerkunst" in Dagbladet, no. 125, 9 May 1919.
J. Nilssen, "To privatsamlinger i Kunstforeningen" in Dabladet, no. 127, 12 May 1919.
J., "Kunst: To Privatsamlinger i Kunstforeningen" in Morgenposten, no. 134, 14 May 1919.
E. Lone, "Kunstforeningen" in Nationen, no. 119, 23 May 1919.
J. Nilssen, "Nye utstillinger hos Blomqvist" in Dagbladet, no. 40, 5 February 1926.
H.Z., "Blomqvist" in Morgenbladet, no. 40, 6 February 1926.
Br.-L., "I Kunstnerforbundet og hjaa Blomqvist" in Morgenbladet, no. 36, 12 February 1926.
P. Gauguin, Edvard Munch, Oslo, 1933, pp. 173-174 (illustrated, p. 174; titled Akt Berlin).
J. Thiis, Edvard Munch og hans samtid, Oslo, 1933, p. 287 (illustrated; dated 1906).
J. Thiis, Edvard Munch, Oslo, 1934, p. 80 (dated 1906).
G. Woll, Edvard Munch: Complete Paintings, Catalogue Raisonné, 1898-1908, London, 2008, vol. II, p. 546, no. 508 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
San Francisco, Panama Pacific International Exhibition, summer 1915, no. 80 (titled Morning Toilet).
Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthalle, Nutida Norsk Konst, March-April 1917, p. 19, no. 143 (titled Akt).
Kristiania Kunstforening, May 1919.
Oslo, Blomqvist Kunsthandel, Schultz Samling, February 1926.
Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet, Edvard Munch, June-July 1927, p. 39, no. 152 (dated circa 1906).
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Honderd Jaar Noorse Schilderkunst, December 1949-February 1950, p. 23, no. 63 (dated 1906 and titled Naakt).
Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, Edvard Munch: Utstilling, November-December 1951, p. 7, no. 73 (dated 1906 and titled Akt, Berlin).
Oslo, National Gallery, Jubileumsutstilling 1814-1964, May-June 1964, p. 5, no. 57 (dated 1906).
Kunsthalle Kiel, 150 Jahre Norwegische Malerei, June-July 1964, p. 23, no. 64 (illustrated, p. 51; dated 1906).
Schaffhausen, Museum zur Allerheilegen, Edvard Munch, March-June 1968, no. 48.
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Edvard Munch, Emil Nolde: The Relationship of their Art, July-August 1969.
West Palm Beach, The Norton Gallery of Art, Edvard Munch: Mirror Reflections, February-April 1986, pp. 40 and 46, no. 27 (illustrated in color, p. 46; dated 1906).
| Artist: | Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Genre: | Nude art | 
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Norway, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings | 
| Artist: | Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas | 
| Art style: | Modern art | 
| Genre: | Nude art | 
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Norway, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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