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Metabolism
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Metabolism
1917–1924 (
plausible)
Crayon, multicoloured
Wove paper. 630 × 432 × 0,21 mm (h × b × t)
Comment:
What is special about this version of "Metabolism" is that the man is holding a hammer in his hand, directly in front of his heart. In the exhibition "Edvard Munch and Henrik Ibsen" in 1975 it was interpreted as "a straightforward illustration of Henrik Ibsen’s poem "The Miner" from 1851. In this poem Ibsen describes his vision of the artist’s creative calling:
"Heavy hammer, help me enter
Into Nature’s hidden centre!
On it goes then, blow on blow
Till he drops from toiling so."
What is special about this version of "Metabolism" is that the man is holding a hammer in his hand, directly in front of his heart. In the exhibition "Edvard Munch and Henrik Ibsen" in 1975 it was interpreted as "a straightforward illustration of Henrik Ibsen’s poem "The Miner" from 1851. In this poem Ibsen describes his vision of the artist’s creative calling:
"Heavy hammer, help me enter
Into Nature’s hidden centre!
On it goes then, blow on blow
Till he drops from toiling so."
Bibliography:Eggum, Arne, "Livsfrisen som den var utstilt hos Blomqvist i 1918" i Edvard Munchs Livsfrise: en rekonstruksjon av utstillingen hos Blomqvist 1918, utst. kat. MM, 2002, ill. s. 18
Langslet, Lars, Henrik Ibsen, Edvard Munch: To genier møtes, Oslo 1994, ill. s. 8
Munch, utst. kat. Palazzo Reale og Palazzo Bagatti Valsecchi, 1985, kat. nr. 120 / ill. s. 163
Langslet, Lars, Henrik Ibsen, Edvard Munch: To genier møtes, Oslo 1994, ill. s. 8
Munch, utst. kat. Palazzo Reale og Palazzo Bagatti Valsecchi, 1985, kat. nr. 120 / ill. s. 163
The Munch Museum, MM.T.00412
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