Comment:
Edvard gradually took the difficult step from recording daily life objects to portraying the members of his family. In these portraits we can see how he tried out different techniques – with pencil, charcoal, and pen. In this portrait of Inger tonality predominate rather than line – the charcoal has been used carefully but expressively. This is one of the first of a long series of portraits of Inger that Munch drew, painted, and cut into woodblocks. Inger was the youngest of the siblings, and the one who lived longest. She died in 1952 and – like Edvard – bequeathed her collection of Munch’s art to the city of Oslo.