Painted in 1898
56 x 80.9 cm (22 x 31 ¾ in.)
Signed and dated lower left: E. Munch 98
Oil on canvas
Provenance :
- H. Feinsilber (- 1932)
- Christie Heiberg (before 1927 – after 1933)
- Kaare Berntsen AS (1967)
- Private collection, Switzerland (before 1980)
- Nancy Schwartz, New York
- Galerie Tarica, Paris (acquired from the above)
- Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé (acquired from the above in October 1982)
- Sale, Christie’s Paris, 23 February 2009, lot 14
- Private collection
Exhibited :
- Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet, Edvard Munch, 8 June – 27 July 1927, n° 100, Strandbillede Literature
- I. Langaard, Edvard Munch. Modningsår, Oslo 1960, p. 52 – G. Woll, Edvard Munch, complete paintings, catalogue raisonné, London 2009, vol. II 1898-1908, n° 437 p. 479 illustrated in colour