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The Sin

Edvard Munch, Norwegian, (December 12, 1863–January 23, 1944)

Creation date: 1902
Creation place: Norway

Other Information

Type: Lithograph
Medium and Support: Lithograph on wove paper
Credit Line: Gift of Earle W. Grant
Accession Number: 1959.14
Dimensions: 27 1/2 in. x 15 3/4 in. (69.85 cm x 40.01 cm)

Provenance

Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland ( - April 26, 1959)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (1959 - )

Earle Wilkin Grant, San Diego, California (April 26, 1959 - after April 26, 1959)

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Best known for his iconic image of The Scream, Munch was older than most of the German Expressionists and was already well-established as an artist by the time that he arrived in Berlin in 1892, where he remained until 1908. His art, revolutionary in both style and subject matter, was one of the primary influences on the younger artists in Berlin. Indeed, a work such as The Scream, painted during Munch’s time in Germany, could even be considered the prototype for Expressionism’s subsequent development.
Munch was also a master printmaker and made more than 800 prints in a variety of techniques. This large, impressive lithograph, printed in three colors, is representative of his abilities. Like many of Munch's images of women, The Sin follows the popular fin-de-siècle trope of the femme fatale with her long tresses, blank stare, and full breasts enticing the male gaze.
Last Updated: 7/26/2012

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Choices from the Grant-Munger Collection San Diego Museum of Art , 4/13/1961 - 5/28/1961

The Art of the Print San Diego Museum of Art , 10/26/1991 - 1/5/1992

Munch and After: The Symbolist Impulse in Scandanavian Prints, 1890-1960 , 12/2/1997 - 1/14/1998

Desire, Anxiety, and Loss: The Prints of Edvard Munch Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University , 3/22/2006 - 6/25/2006

The Human Beast: German Expressionism at The San Diego Museum of Art San Diego Museum of Art , 7/21/2012 - 11/11/2012

The Human Beast San Diego Museum of Art , 7/21/2012 - 11/11/2012

German Expressionism San Diego Museum of Art , 7/23/2016 - 00/00/00

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Dr. Malcolm Warner. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1993
Page Number: 222, 228, 229, Figure Number: 229

Grant-Munger Collection: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, May 1970
Page Number: 57, Figure Number: 110

Grant-Munger Collection: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, May 1970
Page Number: 113, no. 110

The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego Catalogue: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1960
Page Number: 112, Figure Number: 112

Mr. Hiromi Yoshida. Joyce & Jung: Peter Lang. New York, New York, 2007
Page Number: xi no. 13, 37-38, Figure Number: 13

Mr. and Mrs. B. Gerald and Iris Cantor. Cantor Arts Center Journal The Cantor Arts Center . 2008
Page Number: 73, Figure Number: 7

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Signature, Lower right:

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