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Which famous painting was painted on cardboard?
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The famous painting that was painted on cardboard is The Scream. Edvard Munch actually produced four versions of the widely known painting that represents struggles with fear and anxiety. Reportedly, the reason for the artist's choice of materials was that cardboard was significantly less expensive than canvas. Shop an assortment of Edvard Munch art on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
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Das Weib
By Edvard Munch
Located in Berlin, DE
Signed in pencil lower right 'Edv. Munch'. Numbered by a different hand '79'. State II, with a chip off the edge just below the light woman. On firm blueish paper. Munch experimented...
Category
1890s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$109,616
Omegas Død (Omega's Death) /// Edvard Munch Alpha and Omega Expressionist Litho
By Edvard Munch
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863-1944)
Title: "Omegas Død (Omega's Death)"
Portfolio: Alfa og Omega (Alpha and Omega)
*Signed by Munch in pencil lower right
Year: 1908-1909
Medi...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Kristiania Bohemians I
By Edvard Munch
Located in New York, NY
Edvard Munch (1863-1944) Kristiania Boheme I (or Kristiania Bohemians I; Drinking Session/Drinking Bohemians), etching, drypoint and burnishing, 1895, signed in pencil lower right, a...
Category
1890s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Fra Åsgårdstrand (Schiefler 260; Woll 289), Edvard Munch
By Edvard Munch
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Drypoint on gewöhnlichem aber holzfreiem vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the album, Verzeichnis Des graphischen Werks Edvard Munchs Bis 1...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
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Kvinnehode (Schiefler 259; Woll 288), Edvard Munch
By Edvard Munch
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Drypoint on gewöhnlichem aber holzfreiem vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the album, Verzeichnis Des graphischen Werks Edvard Munchs Bis 1...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
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Kvinnehode
By Edvard Munch
Located in New York, NY
Drypoint printed in dark, brownish black on cream wove paper. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right.
Category
Early 1900s Symbolist Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint