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Despair

Charcoal, oil

1892

Inventory number:

MM.T.02367

© Munchmuseet

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  • TitleFortvilelse (NO)
    Despair (EN)
  • Date1892
  • ClassificationDrawings
  • Tools/materialCharcoal, oil
     Wove paper
  • DimensionsPapir (Sheet): 370 × 423 × 0,29 mm
  • InscribedI was walking along / the road with two / friends when the sun / went down / The Sky suddenly / turned blood-red / I paused, leaned / against the fence tired / to death above the / blue-black fjord and city / blood in flaming tongues hovered / My friends walked / on and I stayed / behind quaking / with angst / and I felt as though a / vast endless / scream passed through / nature [pencil, right side]
  • CreditThe Munch Museum
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