id: 136154 accession number: 1959.82 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.82 updated: 2023-04-23 11:15:55.209000 Evening, Melancholy I, 1896. Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863–1944). Woodcut hand colored with watercolor; 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 title: Evening, Melancholy I title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1896 creation date earliest: 1896 creation date latest: 1896 current location: creditline: Gift of Mrs. Clive Runnels in memory of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. copyright: --- culture: Norway technique: woodcut hand colored with watercolor department: Prints collection: PR - Woodcut type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Not Schiefler 82, unique impression --- CREATORS * Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863–1944) - artist --- measurements: Image: 37.7 x 45 cm (14 13/16 x 17 11/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Relief Print opening date: 1960-01-05T05:00:00 The Relief Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-March 28, 1960). title: Contemporary Art opening date: 1960-09-13T04:00:00 Contemporary Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 13, 1960-January 8, 1961). title: Symbolist Prints opening date: 1991-11-05T05:00:00 Symbolist Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-January 12, 1992). title: Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection opening date: 2003-08-17T00:00:00 Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003). title: Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century opening date: 2004-08-15T00:00:00 Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004). title: Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2014-03-09T00:00:00 Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 9-June 8, 2014). title: Munch and Expressionism opening date: 2016-02-18T00:00:00 Munch and Expressionism. Neue Galerie, New York, NY (organizer) (February 18-June 13, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mrs. Clive Runnels, Houston, TX, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: ?-1959 footnotes: citations: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1959- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: This print is one of only two known impressions printed from the first state of the block before it was cut into two sections. digital description: Evening, Melancholy I 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. wall description: Evening, Melancholy I 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. Evening, Melancholy I is one of only two known impressions printed from the first state of the block before it was cut into two sections. Printed in black ink, Munch used 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” July 20, 1959, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr0413 Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” July 24, 1959, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr0416 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 196 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n220 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 196 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n220 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 245 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n265 --- IMAGES