Woman's Head against the Shore
1899
Medium
Woodcut printed from two blocks (each sawn into two sections) in light green, orange, blue-green, and red-brown ink on ivory Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 46.5 × 41.1 cm (18 5/16 × 16 3/16 in.); Sheet: 59.5 × 47 cm (23 7/16 × 18 9/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
88396
About the Artist
Edvard Munch · 1863–1944
Edvard Munch (1863-1944) was a Norwegian painter and printmaker whose intensely psychological works made him a pioneer of Expressionism and one of the most influential artists of the modern era. His 1893 masterpiece 'The Scream' has become an iconic symbol of existential anxiety. Munch's art was profoundly shaped by personal tragedy—his mother died when he was five, his beloved sister Sophie at fo...