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Edvard Munch "Norwegische Landschaft" original etching EARLY STATE
$1,500.00
Edvard Munch landscape original etching Cassirer
Medium: original etching and drypoint. Catalogue reference: Schiefler 268, first state of two.  Also described by Willoch in his catalogue (entry 139) as the second state of three.  This difference between the two catalogues is explained by the fact that the true first state exists only as a handful of working proofs (unknown to Schiefler and virtually unobtainable to collectors); the second state (offered here) was published in Berlin by Paul Cassirer in 1908.  Munch would later rework the plate for the 1912 edition, adding finishing touches to the tree trunks, rocks, sky and cottage roof.

Plate size: 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches (105 x 150mm) with good margins. Not signed. This is a fine impression with plate tone on laid paper; there are a few spots of minor foxing in the margin. This is the first work executed by Munch after his nervous breakdown in the autumn of 1908, while he was recovering at Dr. Jacobson's clinic in Copenhagen.