Sale 6740
London
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2 July 2003
Price realised
GBP 47,800
Estimate
Edvard Munch Das kranke Kind I (Sch. 56; W. 72) lithograph printed in colours, 1896, from four stones in brown/grey, yellow and two reds, on wove paper, signed in pencil, several short tears in the upper margin, away from the subject, framed L. 420 x 569mm., S. 487 x 624mm.
Provenance
A gift from the artist to the present owner's grandfather, and thence by descent.
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Pre-Lot Text
Property from the Estate of Synnøove Tidemand
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