Edvard Munch

Moonrise, 1908/09

The depiction of human feelings is essential to the expressionist-symbolist works of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. Following a nervous breakdown in 1908, Munch produced the series of lithographs entitled “Alpha and Omega” while staying at a psychiatric clinic in Copenhagen. This portfolio comprises 18 prints and was exhibited for the first time in March 1909 in Norway. Its lithographs visualise a narrative about two people living on a secluded island together with various types of animals. The...

Inscription: Inscribed, lower right: Fra Alfa og Omega

Inscription: Inscribed, lower left: Til overlege Andreas Tan[d]berg, hjertelige fra // Inger Munch Okt. 46

Kunsthandel, Norwegen (2004); MKdW (2004).
Gerd Woll: Edvard Munch. Werkverzeichnis der Graphik, München 2001, Woll G 341.
Nicola Carola Heuwinkel: Edvard Munch 1863–1944, in: Kunst und Küste. Ausgewählte Werke der Sammlung Kunst der Westküste, hrsg. von Thorsten Sadowsky, Alkersum/Föhr 2013, S. 209, Abb. S. 210.
Edvard Munch. Alpha und Omega, hrsg. von Museum Kunst der Westküste, Ausst.-Kat. Museum Kunst der Westküste, Alkersum/Föhr 2013.
Martina Nommsen: Edvard Munch. Alpha und Omega. Kiel 2021, Abb. S. 58.

Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944)

Moonrise

1908/09

Lithograph

Bildmaß: 21.2 x 43.3 cm

Human

Inv.-Nr. 8 MUN 05

Museum Kunst der Westküste

Access 2004

Not on display