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Edvard Munch
Towards the Forest II1915

On view: Resnick PavilionDeep Cuts: Block Printing Across Cultures
Woodcut print of two embracing figures merged into a single rounded form, surrounded by a teal forest at night, in terracotta, green, and cream tones

Edvard Munch, M.W. Lassally, Towards the Forest II, 1915, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Palmer Ducommun, Mr. and Mrs Edward W. Carter, Anna Bing Arnold, and The Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Edvard Munch
Norway, Løten, 1863-1944
Printer
M.W. Lassally
German
Title
Towards the Forest II
Place Made
Norway
Date Made
1915
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Image: 20 1/16 × 25 7/16 in. (50.96 × 64.61 cm) Frame: 29 1/8 × 32 5/8 × 2 in. (73.98 × 82.87 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Palmer Ducommun, Mr. and Mrs Edward W. Carter, Anna Bing Arnold, and The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.90.81
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1991. vol. 28-29, no. 12-1 (December, 1990-January, 1992).
  • Lloyd, Jill, and Reinhold Heller, eds. Munch and Expressionism. Munich: Prestel, 2016.
Copyright
© The Munch Museum/The Munch-Ellingsen Group/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York