Edvard Munch

Women Bathing, 1895

Two nude young women stand on the shore, and another is already swimming in the water. This summery scene seems untroubled and is depicted with a sense of empathy. Only the pose of the swimmer, with her conspicuously spread legs, gives some pause by introducing vague associations with the gestures of small children and perhaps with the birth process as well – aspects that would certainly not be surprising in the work of Edvard Munch, which frequently revolves around eroticism and existential que...

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Kunsthandel, Deutschland (2002); MKdW (2002).
Thorsten Sadowsky: Edvard Munch 1863–1944, in: Kunst und Küste. Ausgewählte Werke der Sammlung Kunst der Westküste, hrsg. von dems., Alkersum/Föhr, S. 196, Abb. S. 197.

Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944)

Women Bathing

1895

Aquatint and drypoint on collaged paper

Blattmaß: 36.5 x 50 cm, Bildmaß: 22 x 32 cm

Human

Inv.-Nr. 8 MUN 03

Museum Kunst der Westküste

Access 2002

Not on display