Artist: Munch, Edvard (1863 -1944)

Item Title:

Edvard Munch : Werkverzeichnis der Skizzenbücher.

Author:

Presler, Gerd

ISBN:

3937295079

Imprint:

Oslo : The Munch-Museet : The Munch-Ellingsen Group; Bonn : VG Bild-Kunst, 2004.

Language(s):

German ;  English ;  Norwegian

Edition:

Ltd. edition of 800

Size:

31 cm

Pages:

354

Illustrations:

mostly b&w; some color

Concordance:

Yes

Bibliography:

Yes

Index:

Yes

Exhibition List:

No

Chronology:

No

Content Note:

The author claims that there are 3,742 individual sketches in the sketchbooks. Not all works are illustrated, only providing the general themes of each book and abbreviated descriptions of the contents. Essays are in German and English, but catalogue entries are in German only. The concordance corresponds with the Munch-museet archive numbers.

Public Note:

The catalogue raisonné focuses on Munch's 159 sketchbooks, mostly housed at the Munch-museet in Oslo. In addition to cataloguing each sketchbook and its contents, the author transcribed the artist's handwritten notes in both German and Norwegian. Other helpful images are included in the introduction, such as exhibition posters, correspondence, and signature examples.