Model by the Wicker Chair

Model by the Wicker Chair is a 1919–1921 painting by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch that is in the collection of the Munch Museum in Oslo.[1][2]

Model by the Wicker Chair

Through a bequest from the Munch Museum, a different version of this painting has been in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1944.[3]

Description

The painting depicts a female art model standing next to a wicker chair.

Exhibitions

The painting was on display in New York City at the Museum of Modern Art as part of its "Edvard Munch: The Modern Life of the Soul" exhibition, which opened on February 19, 2006 and ran through May 8, 2006.[4][5]

The painting was on display in Madrid, Spain at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum as part of its "Edvard Munch: Archetypes" exhibition, which opened on October 6, 2015 and ran through January 17, 2016.[6][7]

The painting was on display in New York City at the Neue Galerie as part of its "Munch and Expressionism" exhibition, which opened on February 18, 2016 and ran through June 13, 2016.[8][9] It was 1 of only 19 ‘Oil on canvas’ works by Munch chosen to be a part of this exhibition,[10] as selected by curator Jill Lloyd together with art historian Reinhold Heller.[8]

See also

Notes
  1. "Model by the Wicker Chair". Munchmuseet (Munch Museum). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. Lloyd & Heller (2016), p. 197
  3. "' Model by the Wicker Chair' version at The Met". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. "'Edvard Munch: The Modern Life of the Soul' Exhibition". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  5. "Exhibition Installation Image showing 'Model by the Wicker Chair'". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  6. "'Edvard Munch: Archetypes' Exhibition". Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  7. "Edvard Munch: Archetypes exhibition electronic publication". issuu. p. 48. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  8. "'Munch and Expressionism' Exhibition". Neue Galerie New York. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  9. Lloyd & Heller (2016), p. 223 (Item 48 in Checklist)
  10. Lloyd & Heller (2016), pp. 221-225 (Checklist of all exhibition artworks)

References
  • Lloyd, Jill; Heller, Reinhold, eds. (2016). Munch and Expressionism. New York, NY: Prestel. ISBN 978-3-7913-5526-9.


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