Model by the Wicker Chair

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Model by the Wicker Chair (1919–1921) by Edvard Munch

Model by the Wicker Chair is a 1919–1921 painting by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch that is in the collection of the Munch Museum in Oslo.[1][2]

Through a bequest from the Munch Museum, a different version of this painting has been in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1944.[3]

Description

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The painting depicts a naked female art model standing next to a wicker chair.

Exhibitions

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The painting was on display in New York City at the Museum of Modern Art as part of its "Edvard Munch: The Modern Life of the Soul" exhibition, which opened on February 19, 2006 and ran through May 8, 2006.[4][5]

The painting was on display in Madrid, Spain at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum as part of its "Edvard Munch: Archetypes" exhibition, which opened on October 6, 2015 and ran through January 17, 2016.[6][7]

The painting was on display in New York City at the Neue Galerie as part of its "Munch and Expressionism" exhibition, which opened on February 18, 2016 and ran through June 13, 2016.[8][9] It was 1 of only 19 ‘Oil on canvas’ works by Munch chosen to be a part of this exhibition,[10] as selected by curator Jill Lloyd together with art historian Reinhold Heller.[8]

See also

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Notes

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  9. ^ Lloyd & Heller (2016), p. 223 (Item 48 in Checklist)
  10. ^ Lloyd & Heller (2016), pp. 221-225 (Checklist of all exhibition artworks)

References

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