Edvard Munch
1863 - 1944

Auf der Brücke (På broen). 1912/13.
Lithograph.
Signed and numbered. Illegibly inscribed on the reverse. The catalogue raisonné lists 14 copies, 8 of which are in public collections. On structured wove paper. 38 x 53 cm (14.9 x 20.8 in). Sheet: 47,7 x 64 cm (18,7 x 25,1 in).
Printed by Anton Peder Nielsen, Oslo. [AW].

• Rare lithograph by Edvard Munch, in which his characteristic combination of psychological depth and expressive lines fully unfolds.
• Depiction of the recurring motif of women on the bridge, a key theme in Munch's oeuvre, symbolizing the transition between youth and adulthood, closeness and alienation.
• Further prints are in renowned museums such as the Munch Museum, Oslo, the Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim, and the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin..

PROVENANCE: Private collection, northern Germany (since 2005: Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner).

LITERATURE: Gustav Schiefler, Edvard Munch. Das graphische Werk 1906-1920, Berlin 1928, CR no. 380.
Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch. Catalogue raisonné of graphic works, Munich 2001, CR no. 416.
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Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner, Oslo, November 29, 2005, Lot 15.