The Heart

Woodcut printed in three colours

1899

About the piece

Woodcut with gouges and fretsaw, printed from one block cut in three pieces, in black, red and blueish green

48This object is one of 48 related to the graphic motif The Heart

Inventory number:

PE.G.00135-09

Catalogue raisonné

Woll G 135 a I / I
Schiefler 134

Related works

The Heart

Woodcut

1898–1899

Details

TitleHjertet (NO)
The Heart (EN)
Das Herz (DE)

Date1899

ClassificationWoodcut

Material/techniqueWoodcut printed in three colours
Japan paper

DimensionsPapir (Sheet): 404 × 339 mm
Motiv (Motif): 249 × 191 mm

SignedEdv Munch

InscribedEdv Munch [l.r.]

CreditNational Gallery of Art, The Epstein Family Collection, given by their children, David, James, Richard, Miles and Sarah Carianne, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art