Menneskeberget. Mot lyset

The Human Mountain. Towards the Light

Oil on unprimed canvas
1927–1929

Inventory number: MM.M.00978

Catalogue raisonné: Woll M 1613

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Comment
Painted on plain weave linen canvas with 16 x 12 threads per cm2. The canvas has probably been primed by hand, and it appears as though Munch left several areas unprimed, such as for instance the area taken up by the mountain. Much of the ground and the p
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Title Menneskeberget. Mot lyset (NO) The Human Mountain. Towards the Light (EN) Der Menschenberg. Zum Licht hin (DE)
Painter Edvard Munch
Date 1927–1929
Classification Paintings
Material/technique Oil on unprimed canvas
Dimensions Image: 300 × 420 cm Technical dimensions: 300,2 × 420 cm
Signed Usignert
Owner/Collection Munchmuseet
Inventory number MM.M.00978
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