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The Pretenders: Bishop Nicholas and Earl Skule in Elgeseter Forest
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The Pretenders: Bishop Nicholas and Earl Skule in Elgeseter Forest
1877 (certain)
Pencil, pen
Wove paper. 109 × 73 × 0,09 mm (h × b × t)
Comment:
This is the very first illustration for Henrik Ibsen’s "The Pretenders" that Munch made at the age of 13. The historical drama would later become the play by Ibsen that he worked most resolutely with, in a series of woodcuts and lithographs, as well as drawings. MB
This is the very first illustration for Henrik Ibsen’s "The Pretenders" that Munch made at the age of 13. The historical drama would later become the play by Ibsen that he worked most resolutely with, in a series of woodcuts and lithographs, as well as drawings. MB
Bibliography:Templeton, Joan, Munch’s Ibsen: A painter’s visions of a playwright, Seattle 2008, ill. s. xviii
Langslet, Lars, Henrik Ibsen, Edvard Munch: To genier møtes, Oslo 1994, ill. s. 36
Munch und Ibsen, utst. kat. Kunsthaus Zürich, 1976, kat. nr. 46 / s. 38
Edvard Munch og Henrik Ibsen, utst. kat. Vestlandske Kunstindustimuseum, 1975, kat. nr. 125 / s. 11
Langslet, Lars, Henrik Ibsen, Edvard Munch: To genier møtes, Oslo 1994, ill. s. 36
Munch und Ibsen, utst. kat. Kunsthaus Zürich, 1976, kat. nr. 46 / s. 38
Edvard Munch og Henrik Ibsen, utst. kat. Vestlandske Kunstindustimuseum, 1975, kat. nr. 125 / s. 11
Signed: E.Munch [penn, n.t.h.] // E Munch [blyant, verso, o.m.]
Annotation by Artist:Skule Baardsøn and Bishop Nicolay [pen, lower middle] // E.Munch 1877 [pen, lower right] // 1877 / Skule Baarsen and Nicolai [pencil, verso, upper left]
The Munch Museum, MM.T.00034
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