Madonna by Edvard Munch
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Madonna

Edvard Munch · 1895/96

Madonna by Edvard Munch: A work made of handcolored lithograph in black on mottled gray-blue wove paper (discolored to gray-green), laid down on white wove pap…

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Notice the frontal figure’s pale face and dark eyes against the flowing hair and surrounding lines; sacred title and modern sensuality remain deliberately tense.

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A work made of handcolored lithograph in black on mottled gray-blue wove paper (discolored to gray-green), laid down on white wove paper.

Source institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Rights status: CC0 / Art Institute of Chicago Open Access
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