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Vampyr II

• Object type

  • print

• Museum number

  1970,0711.8

• Title (object)

  • Vampyr II

• Description

  Vampire; half-length woman with long hair, embracing head of man. 1895/1902 Colour lithograph with keystone printed in grey; another stone used for the red hair (discoloured); and a sawn woodblock printed in blue, green and yellow

• Producer name

  • Print made by: Edvard Munch

• School/style

  • Norwegian

• Date

  • 1895-1902

• Materials

  • paper

• Technique

  • woodcut
  • lithograph
  • colour

• Dimensions

  • Height: 385 millimetres
  • Width: 555 millimetres

• Inscriptions

  • • Inscription Content

      Signed in pencil. Verso bears posthumous studio stamp and gallery stamp.

• Curator's comments

  According to Woll, this edition was printed in 1913.

• Bibliography

  • Schiefler 1907, 1927 34.IIb
  • Woll 2001 41.VI

• Location

  Not on display (Old WPA Studio)

• Exhibition history

  1999/2000 Nov-Jan, Cardiff, Centre for Visual Arts, Unconvention
  2006 June-Aug, London, Nat Gallery, Rebels and Martyrs, no.70

• Subjects

  • mythical figure/creature

• Acquisition name

  • Purchased from: R M Light & Co

• Acquisition date

  1970

• Acquisition notes

  From the Munch estate, Munch Museum, Oslo.

• Department

  Prints & Drawings

• Registration number

  1970,0711.8