
Edvard Munch
The Garden at Night, from Linde portfolio
A shadowy garden emerges from the darkness in Munch's atmospheric intaglio print, rendered in warm brown ink that lends the scene an eerie, sepulchral quality. The artist employs the rich tonal possibilities of etching, aquatint, and drypoint to evoke the mystery of a nocturnal landscape, with velvety shadows and delicate textures dissolving into one another. Created as part of the Linde portfolio, this work showcases Munch's mastery of printmaking as a vehicle for psychological mood, transforming a simple garden setting into an unsettling meditation on darkness and solitude.
- Medium
- Etching and aquatint with drypoint in brown ink, on Van Gelder Zonen laid paper, with full margins (deckle on all sides),
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
June 9, 2016
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