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Edvard Munch

Løiten/Hedmark 1863 – 1944 Ekely near Oslo

„Der Kuß I“. 1897

Woodcut, coloured, on heavy paper. 45,7 x 37,8 cm (54,3 x 44,4 cm) (18 x 14 ⅞ in. (21 ⅜ x 17 ½ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Edvard Munch. „Der Kuß I“. 1897.

Estimate:

EUR 180,000

 

- 240,000

USD 228,000

 

- 304,000

Sold for:

500,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 229-235

Modern Art. Prints, Friday, 28.11.2014

Information

Woodcut, coloured, on heavy paper. 45,7 x 37,8 cm (54,3 x 44,4 cm) (18 x 14 ⅞ in. (21 ⅜ x 17 ½ in.)). Signed. Catalogue raisonné: Woll 114 I (of III) / Schiefler 102 B. 2nd version 1st state. Very rare. One of 6 recorded prints of the first state. Minor time staining. Framed

Private collection, Switzerland

The print is registered in the archive of the Munchmuseet, Oslo. We would like to thank Dr. Ute Kuhlemann Falck, Munchmuseet, Oslo, for kindly providing additional information.

Auction catalogue: Sotheby‘s New York. Auktion 6101. 19th and 20th Century Prints, 15./16. Nov. 1990, no. 394, illustration / Nina Barge: Munch küßte die Muse – und auch Kandinsky? In: Grisebach. Das Journal, Autumn 2014, p. 44/45, colour ill. p. 45

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