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Private Collections and Outstanding Works - Auction ends: February 15, 2026 from 3:00 pm
Private Collections and Outstanding Works - Auction ends: February 15, 2026 from 3:00 pm
79
Edvard Munch
Zwei Menschen (To mennesker), 1914
Drypoint
Starting bid:
€ 7,000 Estimate:
€ 8,000 - 10,000End: 02-15-26 15:39:00 Berlin
02-15-26 09:39:00 New York
02-15-26 06:39:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 17h:39m)
02-15-26 09:39:00 New York
02-15-26 06:39:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 17h:39m)
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Lot description
Edvard Munch
1863 - 1944
Zwei Menschen (To mennesker). 1914.
Drypoint.
Signed. The catalogue raisonné lists 18 copies, 14 of which are in public collections. On wove paper. 17.8 x 23.9 cm (7 x 9.4 in). Sheet: 32 x 45,3 cm (12,5 x 17,8 in).
Gustav Schiefler and Sigurd Willoch date the drypoint engraving to 1913, while inscriptions indicate that it was created in Paris in January 1914. [AW].
• Finely modulated and delicate etching of high emotional expressiveness.
• Hardly any other artist has created such expressive prints as Edvard Munch.
• Further prints can be found in important museum collections, including the Munch Museum, Oslo, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, the Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, the Tel Aviv Art Museum, and the Kunsthalle Hamburg.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Northern Germany (inherited).
LITERATURE: Gustav Schiefler, Edvard Munch. Das graphische Werk 1906-1920, Berlin 1928, CR no. 398.
Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch. Werkverzeichnis der Graphik, Munich 2001, CR no. 480.
1863 - 1944
Zwei Menschen (To mennesker). 1914.
Drypoint.
Signed. The catalogue raisonné lists 18 copies, 14 of which are in public collections. On wove paper. 17.8 x 23.9 cm (7 x 9.4 in). Sheet: 32 x 45,3 cm (12,5 x 17,8 in).
Gustav Schiefler and Sigurd Willoch date the drypoint engraving to 1913, while inscriptions indicate that it was created in Paris in January 1914. [AW].
• Finely modulated and delicate etching of high emotional expressiveness.
• Hardly any other artist has created such expressive prints as Edvard Munch.
• Further prints can be found in important museum collections, including the Munch Museum, Oslo, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, the Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, the Tel Aviv Art Museum, and the Kunsthalle Hamburg.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Northern Germany (inherited).
LITERATURE: Gustav Schiefler, Edvard Munch. Das graphische Werk 1906-1920, Berlin 1928, CR no. 398.
Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch. Werkverzeichnis der Graphik, Munich 2001, CR no. 480.
79
Edvard Munch
Zwei Menschen (To mennesker), 1914
Drypoint
Starting bid:
€ 7,000 Estimate:
€ 8,000 - 10,000End: 02-15-26 15:39:00 Berlin
02-15-26 09:39:00 New York
02-15-26 06:39:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 17h:39m)
02-15-26 09:39:00 New York
02-15-26 06:39:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 17h:39m)
After entering your maximum bid you will be able to check your entry and you will be provided with further information. Only after a further confirmation your bid will be binding.
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