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Lithograph depicting the delicate profile of a young woman, the artist's sick sister, with thin wavy hair looking to the right towards darkness with soft lighting on her face, against a textured backdrop.

Edvard Munch

The Sick Girl: The Artist's Sister,

Maker

  • Edvard Munch

Title

The Sick Girl: The Artist's Sister

Medium

color lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Color lithograph on paper

Techniques

  • Color lithograph on paper

Supports

  • Heavy weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

41.3 x 56 cm (16 1/4 x 22 1/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed at LR in stone in black ink: E. Munch

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

49.402

The Sick Girl: The Artist's Sister

Signature: Signed at LR in stone in black ink: E. Munch

Exhibition History

Variance

February 1 - October 9, 2022

Working the Stone

December 19, 1997 - April 5, 1998

Expressionist Visions

December 4, 1992 - January 24, 1993

German Expressionist Prints and Drawings

June 20 - August 16, 1986

Color Lithographs of the 19th and 20th Centuries

December 5, 1951 - January 6, 1952
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