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Source Description
<em>Evening, Melancholy I</em> depicts the jilted, tormented art critic Jappe Nilssen, Munch's friend, on the shore of Åsgårdstrand, a fishing village south of Oslo. Munch chose heavily grained blocks of wood, allowing the pattern of the board to add texture to the scene, and he exploited the handmade aspect of the technique by carving blocks crudely. He also experimented so that each impression is unique, using black ink on the woodblock and watercolor and gouache to color the sheet extensively. An example of how method can reinforce meaning, the simplified shapes, flattened space, and dark hues create a visual correspondence to the figure's deep depression.
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Document identity
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136154
label
Evening, Melancholy I
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print
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1
Source metadata
id
136154
contentType
print
title
Evening, Melancholy I
description
<em>Evening, Melancholy I</em> depicts the jilted, tormented art critic Jappe Nilssen, Munch's friend, on the shore of Åsgårdstrand, a fishing village south of Oslo. Munch chose heavily grained blocks of wood, allowing the pattern of the board to add texture to the scene, and he exploited the handmade aspect of the technique by carving blocks crudely. He also experimented so that each impression is unique, using black ink on the woodblock and watercolor and gouache to color the sheet extensively. An example of how method can reinforce meaning, the simplified shapes, flattened space, and dark hues create a visual correspondence to the figure's deep depression.
date
1896
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60780950
creators
28052
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Print
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Image: 37.7 x 45 cm (14 13/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
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Norway
accession
1959.82
Source extras
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Hand-colored woodcut
tombstone
Evening, Melancholy I, 1896. Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863–1944). Hand-colored woodcut; image: 37.7 x 45 cm (14 13/16 x 17 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Clive Runnels in memory of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1959.82
collection
PR - Woodcut
didYouKnow
This print is one of only two known impressions printed from the first state of the block before it was cut into two sections.
citations
1
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” July 20, 1959, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
2
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” July 24, 1959, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
3
citation
S. E. L. “Year in Review.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 46, no. 10 (December 1959): 210–231.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 215; Mentioned: p. 231
4
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 196
5
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 196
6
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 245
7
citation
Gasto, Cristobal, "The Expression of Melancholy in the Work of J.M. de Sucre: A Case Study." In <em>Depression and the Spiritual in Modern Art</em>, ed. Joseph J. Schildkraut. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
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Reproduced: p. 60
8
citation
<em>Treasures of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. London: Scala, 2014.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 280-281
9
citation
Glaubinger, Jane and Lemonedes, Heather. “Treasures on Paper: The Crème de la crème of the museum’s prints and drawings collection is now on view.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 54, no. 2 (March/April 2014): 6-9.
page_number
Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 9
catalogueRaisonne
Woll 91
creditline
Gift of Mrs. Clive Runnels in memory of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
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2026-05-29 06:56:39.783000
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136154
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Prints
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PR - Woodcut
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Hand-colored woodcut
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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