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Two Women on the Shore, 1898. Woodcut printed from one block (sawn into three sections) in dark blue, green, black and red-brown ink with additions in green crayon on cream Japanese paper.

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Woodcut printed from one block (sawn into three sections) in dark blue, green, black and red-brown ink with additions in green crayon on cream Japanese paper · Image: 45.6 × 51.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Post-Impressionism

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Museum title
Two Women on the Shore
Artist
Edvard Munch Norwegian, 1863-1944
Date
1898
Medium
Woodcut printed from one block (sawn into three sections) in dark blue, green, black and red-brown ink with additions in green crayon on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 45.6 × 51.4 cm (18 × 20 1/4 in.); Sheet: 53.6 × 59.8 cm (21 1/8 × 23 9/16 in.)
Credit line
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1863–1944

Post-Impressionism c. 1886–1905

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Two Women on the Shore · Edvard Munch, 1898
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