Munch, Edvard
(1863-1944)
Moonlight II
Colour woodcut printed in two colours, black and grey on medium heavy beige paper
Sheet: 486-490x469-474 mm Image: 464-466x450-453 mm
Unsigned
1902
Woll 202.
Auctioned Wednesday December 9 2015 at 15:00
Estimate
NOK 500,000–700,000
Hammer price
NOK 450,000
LITERATURE: Hans-Martin Frydenberg Flaatten: Måneskinn i Åsgårdstrand Edvard Munch (Moonshine in Åsgårdstrand Edvard Munch), Oslo 2013.
In the soft, warm midsummer night the woman stands in front of a house. She seems motionless with a melancholic expression on her face. It’s quite dark, the contours are blurry, one gets the idea that something is going on, on an emotional level, but the feelings are hidden, held back, it all becomes mystical.