EDVARD MUNCH (1863-1945)

Lot 339
16.10.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 339 | EDVARD MUNCH (1863-1945)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
EDVARD MUNCH (1863-1945)
Melancholy III
woodcut printed in colours
1902
on tissue-thin Japan paper
signed in pencil
a very fine, dark, rich and clear impression of the third, final state
printed from two blocks in grey, light orange, sea green and black
with margins
in very good condition
Block 37,5 x 47 cm. (14 7/8 x 18 1/5 in.)
Sheet 44,3 x 53,8 cm. (17 ¼ x 21 1/8 in.)




Provenance

Private Collection, Sweden; Christie's, London, 4 December 1986, lot 189.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

G. Schiefler, Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks Edvard Munchs bis 1906, Berlin, 1907, no. 144, pp. 110-111 (another impression ill.).
E. Prelinger & M. Parke-Taylor, The Symbolist Prints of Edvard Munch - The Vivian and David Campbell Collection, exh. cat. Yale University, New Haven, 1996 & Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1997, no. 46, pp. 192-195.
G. Woll, The Complete Graphic Works, Oslo & London, 2012, no. 203, pp. 198-9 (another impression ill.).
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