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Edvard Munch specialists. Norwegian Fine Art.
Auction Monday December 11 2017 at 18:00
The Annual Norwegian Edvard Munch Sale 2017
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Kristiania Bohemians I
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Munch, Edvard(1863-1944)
Kristiania Bohemians I

Intaglio print printed in black on heavy beige wove
Sheet: 344x446 mm Image: 205x285 mm
Secondary signature in pencil lower right: E Munch

Annotated in pencil lower right: Christiania Bohème

1895
Woll 15 b.

Annotated in pencil lower left: "Sch. 10/ II c". In Schiefler under 10 II c it says: "Die gewöhnlichen Exemplare der von Meier-Graefe herausgegebenen Mappe." (The ordinary Impressions of the Portfolio edited by Meier-Graefe). 55 impressions were printed on heavy beige wove for the ordinary edition of the portfolio, these were not signed.

Estimate
NOK 150,000–200,000USD 18,200–24,300EUR 15,400–20,600

Auctioned Monday December 11 2017 at 18:00

Hammer price NOK 135,000

LITERATURE: Pola Gauguin: Grafikeren Edvard Munch Tresnitt og raderinger (The graphic artist Edvard Munch Woodcuts and intaglio prints), Trondheim 1946.

Everything was debated by the Kristiania-Bohemians: Art, literature, politics and social problems, like women's liberation, prostitution and the labour movement. P. 72.