Property from an Important Private London Collection
37
Edvard Munch
The Alley (Smuget, Die Gasse) (W. 43, S. 36)
Estimate
£15,000–20,000
Live June 4, 5:00 PM BST
1895
Lithograph, on lightweight greyish wove paper, with wide margins.
I. 42.7 x 26.8 cm (16 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
S. 57.2 x 39.1 cm (22 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.)
S. 57.2 x 39.1 cm (22 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.)
Signed, dated and titled 'Carmen' (alternative title stated by Woll) in pencil, further annotated with an indistinct pencil inscription, Woll's second (final) state before the grey tone in the figures, one of approximately 100 impressions of which 30 were numbered and some signed, printed by Alexander Liebmann in Berlin, framed.