Auction Saturday December 11 2021 at 15:00
Munch, Edvard(1863-1944)
Poster: Metabolism

Lithograph printed in black on thin greyish-white paper
Sheet: 830-840x660 mm Image: 775x640 mm
Signed in pencil lower left by the wrist: Edv Munch

Lower left printed text, which is cut, only the top of the letters are visible, it says: "L. Fehrs lith. Officin. Christiania". Annotated in Woll under 164 A, poster with printed exhibition text, impression with the hereby text. That the hereby text also appears on 164 B, the poster without the exhibition text, is not mentioned in Woll.

1901
Woll 164 B.

Provenance:

The Dancer Jens Graff. Graff bought the impression after having danced "Eneren" (The Oner) (Edvard Munch), in the ballet "Mot Solen" (Towards the Sun), by Edith Roger and Barthold Halle, a milestone in the career of the dancer. The ballet production had premiere at The Bergen Festival 1969, was played at The National Theatre, was shown at The Norwegian Opera and in NRK Television.

Estimate
NOK 150,000USD 16,700EUR 14,900

Auctioned Saturday December 11 2021 at 15:00

Hammer price NOK 180,000