Edvard Munch
Female Nude (Anna)

Public Domain

ExpandFavorite

Artist Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863–1944)Norwegian, 1863–1944

CultureNorwegian

Titles

Female Nude (Anna)

Date1920

PlaceNorway

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 59 1/8 × 41 7/16 in. (150.2 × 105.3 cm)
Frame (outer): 68 1/4 × 50 1/4 x 3 5/8 in. (173.4 × 127.6 x 9.2 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1974.4

Not on view

Explore Further

Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceMax Glaeser, Eselsfurth, Kaiserlautern, Germany, before 1926-after 1928; Louise Zeuner, Kaiserlautern, -1929-; private collection, Mannheim, -1965-; [Galerie Beyeler, Basel]; private collection, Bern, 1966; [Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d'Italia, Lugano, Switzerland, 1972-74]; [Marlborough Art Gallery, Vaduz, Liechtenstein]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1974.

Exhibition History"Edvard Munch," Blomquist Kunstutstilling Kristiania, Oslo, 1921.

"Edvard Munch. Neuere Gemälde und Graphik in der Ausstellung Gerstenberger," Chemnitz, Germany, 1921.

"Edvard Munch," Berlin, 1921; Galerie Arnold, Dresden, Germany, 1921.

"Edvard Munch," Kunsthalle Bern, 1922.

"Edvard Munch," Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, 1922.

"Edvard Munch. Vollständiges Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke," Kunsthaus, Zürich, June 18–August 2, 1922.

"Edvard Munch," Kunsthütte, Chemnitz, 1929.

"Zur 100 Ausstellung der Kestner Gesellschaft," Hannover, Germany, 1929.

"Das Bild des Monats," Mannheim Kunsthalle, Germany, 1932.

"Edvard Munch," Haus der Kunst, Munich; Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany, 1954-55.

"Edvard Munch," Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, November 9, 1962–January 6, 1963.

"Edvard Munch," Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, September 1965–January 1966.

"Vom Impressionismus zum Bauhaus. Meisterwerke aus deutschen Privatbesitz," Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, June 25–August 7, 1966; Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany, August 27–October 16, 1966.

"Edvard Munch," Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 1968.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1971–1974.

"Selected European Masters of the 19th and 20th Centuries," Marlborough Fine Art, London, Summer 1973.

"Edvard Munch 1863-1944," Haus der Kunst, Munich; Hayward Gallery, London; Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1973–74.

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1974.

"Edvard Munch," Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, April 9, 1976–May 23, 1976; The New Orleans Museum of Art, June 11–July 18, 1976; The Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, July 28–September 12, 1976.

"Modern Masters from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston, Texas," MSC Gallery, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, January 9–February 5, 1983.

"Modern Masters," The Gallery of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, January 12–February 23, 1992.

"European Modern Masterworks from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation in Houston," El Paso Museum of Art, August 21, 1995–February 28, 1996.

"Love, Isolation, and Darkness," Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, September 28, 1996–January 5, 1997.

"Modernism in A Century of Change II: Expressionism," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1998.

"Edvard Munch," Museo d'Arte Moderna, Lugano, Switzerland, September 19, 1998–December 13, 1998.

"Degas to Picasso: The Painter, the Sculptor, and the Camera," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, October 2, 1999–January 4, 2000; Dallas Museum of Art, February 1–May 7, 2000; Fundación del Museo Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain, 12 June 12–September 10, 2000.

"Edvard Munch: Psyche, Symbol and Expression," The McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, January 1–May 31, 2001.

"Van Gogh to Munch: European Masterworks," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, June 4, 2011–June 4, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed and dated lower right: "E Munch 1920"

Catalogue raisonnéWoll 2008, no. 1322

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.