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Edvard Munch specialists. Norwegian Fine Art.
Auction Wednesday December 12 2018 at 19:30
The Annual Norwegian Edvard Munch Sale 2018
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Portrait of a Woman
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Munch, Edvard(1863-1944)
Portrait of a Woman

Lithograph printed in black on medium thin cream paper
Sheet: 623x420-423 mm Image: 610x420-423 mm
Signed in pencil lower right: E Munch

1912
Woll 407.

Estimate
NOK 60,000–80,000USD 7,100–9,400EUR 6,200–8,200

Auctioned Wednesday December 12 2018 at 19:30

Hammer price NOK 64,000

LITERATURE: Gerd Woll: Edvard Munch - The complete graphic Works, Oslo 2012, cat.no. 407.

The model is probably Karen Borgen (Haugen) (1876-ca. 1960), mother of Solveig and Ingeborg Kaurin (cf. cat. no. 393). After her divorce from Kaurin in 1904 she took the name Borgen. Later she remarried and acquired the surname Haugen. Munch used her as a model for Alma Mater in the University Festival Hall decorations. P. 288.