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Death in the Sickroom,
1896
Edvard Munch, 1863–1944; born Loten, Norway; died Oslo, Norway
Printed by Auguste Clot, French, 1858–1936
Printed by Auguste Clot, French, 1858–1936
x1960-83
Drawn from memory, Munch’s lithograph depicts the artist and his family gathered at the deathbed of his sister Sophie, who had died of tuberculosis in 1877. The mourners include Munch’s father and aunt in the background, his sisters Ingrid and Laura in the foreground, and the artist at age fourteen staring into the center space. The mortality rate for infectious diseases like tuberculosis had reached a catastrophic point in northern Europe by the 1890s, and deathbed family portraits were not uncommon in Scandinavian households.
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Title
Death in the Sickroom
Dates
1896
Maker
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
40.5 × 56 cm (15 15/16 × 22 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hobart D. Betts III, Class of 1956
Object Number
x1960-83
Place Made
Europe, France, Paris
Inscription
Signed and titled in green on mount, lower right: Ed. Munch Tod im Zimmer Litho
Reference Numbers
Schiefler 72; Woll 65
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"Recent acquisitions", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 20, no. 1 (1961): p. 24-27.
, p. 26 - Gustav Schiefler, Verzeichnis der graphischen Werks Edvard Munchs (Oslo: J. W. Cappelen, 1974)., no. 124, p. 101
- Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch: the Complete Graphic Works (New York: harry N. Abrams, in association with the Munch-Musset, Oslo, 2001)., no. 116
