LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

39.76 in. (101.00 cm.) (height) by 40.35 in. (102.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed E. Munch and dated 1902 (upper right)

Exhibited:

San Francisco, Department of Fine Arts, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915, Norwegian section, no. 86 (titled Summer Night in Aasgaardstrand). Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Nutida Norsk Konst, 1917, no. 145 (titled Sommernat. Aasgaardstrand). Oslo, Blomqvist Kunsthandel, Schultz Samling, 1926. Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet, Edvard Munch, 1927, no. 125. Brussels, Palais des Beaux Arts, Important ensemble de tableaux, 1952, no. 8. São Paulo, II Biennal, 1953-1954, Sala Especial, Edvard Munch, no. 8. Stockholm, Nationalmuseum; Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Modern Konst ur Ragnar Moltzaus Samling, Oslo, 1956. Zürich, Kunsthaus; The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Sammlung Ragnar Moltzau, 1957, no. 62. Edinburgh, The National Gallery of Scotland; London, The Tate Gallery, The Moltzau Collection, From Cézanne to Picasso, 1958, no. 59. New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Van Gogh and Expressionism in Modern Art, 1964. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Special Exhibition for the College Art Association, 1965. New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery Inc., International Expressionism, Part I, 1968, no. 40. Louisville, Kentucky, In Pursuit of Excellence: The Wendell and Dorothy Cherry Collection, 1994

Literature:

J.E.D. Trask and J. Nilson Laurvik, Catalogue de luxe of the Department of Fine Arts, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, vol. I, 1915, illustrated p. 108. Reider Revold, Bulletin, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, vol. II, 1960, no. 21, illustrated p. 58. Oslo Kommunes Kunstamlinger Arbok, 1952-1959, Oslo, 1960, no. 4, illustrated p. 45

Provenance:

Squire Otto Schultz, Steinkjer (before 1915 and until at least 1927); Ragnar Moltzau, Oslo (before 1952 - after 1956). Oscar Johannesen (1950s). Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London (1962). Mr and Mrs Norton Simon, Los Angeles. Sale: Christie's, New York, October 21, 1980, lot 201. The Wendell and Dorothy Cherry Collection (acquired at the above sale and sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 12, 1996, lot 26). Acquired at the above sale by the present owner