The Source
Oil on canvas
1915–1916
Inventory number: PE.M.00529
Catalogue raisonné: Woll M 1226
Details
| Comment |
Painted on twill weave canvas with 12 x 12 threads per cm2. A vertical seam runs down the middle of the picture. The canvas has a thin, light grey priming that seems merely to be a size containing some solids. The ground is absorbent.
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| Title | Kilden (NO) The Source (EN) Die Quelle (DE) |
| Painter | Edvard Munch, Norwegian |
| Date | 1915–1916 |
| Classification | Paintings |
| Material/technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | Image: 455 × 225 cm |
| Signed | Usignert |
| Owner/Collection | Andre eiere |
| Inventory number | PE.M.00529 |
| Bibliography |
Frøysaker, Tine, "Monitoring of surface blackening and zinc reaction products on prepared samples located adjacent to Munch's ‘The Source’ in the Aula at the University of Oslo", Public paintings by Edvard Munch and his contemporaries. Change and conservation challenges", Oslo 2015, s. 126–131
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Scharffenberg, Katrine Strandsskogen,"Investigations of a tide-line and it's influence on the painting materials in ‘The Source’", Frøysaker, Tine m.fl. (red.), Public paintings by Edvard Munch and his contemporaries. Change and conservation challenges", Oslo 2015, s. 117–125 Stein, Mille, "Edvard Munch's paintings with water stains: Analysis of the Ekely Collection at the Munch Museum", Zeitschrift für Kunsttechnologie und Konservierung, 25. Jahrg., Heft 2, 2012, s. 273–284 Berman, Patricia G., "Fra Munchs laboratorium", Munchs Laboratorium. Veien til Aulaen, (English edition: Munch's Laboratory), utst.kat. MM, 2011, s. 46 Ydstie, Ingebjørg, "Munchs Auladekorasjoner og Det nasjonale prosjekt", Munchs Laboratorium. Veien til Aulaen, (English edition: Munch's Laboratory), utst.kat. MM, 2011, s. 83 Frøysaker, Tine og Mirjam Liu, "Four (of eleven) unvarnished oil paintings on canvas by Edvard Munch in the Aula of the Oslo University: Preliminary notes on their materials, techniques and original appearances", Restauro. Forum für Restauratoren, Konservatoren und Denkmalpfleger, 115. Jahrg., nr. 1 2009, s. 44–61 Langaard, Johan H., og Reidar Revold, Edvard Munch. Auladekorasjonene, Oslo 1960, s. 46 Bugge, Anders, Munchs Aulabilleder, Oslo 1938, s. 11 Thiis, Jens, Edvard Munch og hans samtid. Slekten, livet og kunsten. Geniet, Oslo 1933, s. 299 Vidalenc, Georges, "Edvard Munch", Kunst og Kultur, 1920, s. 140 |
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