The curator is indebted to and has quoted from the following scholarly sources: Buchhart, Dieter, et. al., Edvard Munch: Signs of Modern Art, (exhibition catalogue), Fondation Beyeler, Basel, 2007; Chang, Alison W., Negotiating Modernity: Edvard Munch’s Late Figural Work, 1900-1925, unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, The University of Pennsylvania, 2010; Eggum, Arne, Munch and Photography. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987; Frizot, Michel, “L’âme, au fond: L’activité photographique de Munch et Stringberg,” in Lumière du monde, Lumière du ciel, Visions du Nord, (exhibition catalogue), Musee d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1998; Holt, Cecilia Tyri, Edvard Munch Fotografier, Forlaget Press, 2013; Kermabon, Jacques, et. al., Pathé: Premier empire du cinéma (exhibition catalogue), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1994; Lampe, Angela and Clément Chéroux, et. al., Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye, (exhibition catalogue), Tate, London, 2007; Woll, Gerd, Edvard Munch: Complete Graphic Works, Oslo: Orfeus Publishing AS, 2012.
Image credits:
David, Jacques Louis (1748-1825): Marat assassiné, 1793. Brussels, Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts. Oil on canvas, 65 x 50 1/2' (165 x 128.3 cm) © 2020. Photo Scala, Florence; Edvard Munch, Starry Night: 1893, oil on canvas, 35.9 × 140.3 cm (53 1/2 × 55 1/4 in.), J. Paul Getty Museum, Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program; Edvard Munch: Aften på Karl Johan, 1890, oil on canvas, 84,5 × 121 cm, KODE, Rasmus Meyers samlinger. Foto: KODE/Dag Fosse; Edvard Munch: Det syke barn, 1885-1886, oil on canvas, 120 x 118,5 cm, Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Billedkunstsamlingene Foto: Nasjonalmuseet/Børre Høstland; Edvard Munch: Hus i måneskinn, 1893-95,oil on canvas, 70 × 95,8 cm, 100 × 110 cm, KODE, Rasmus Meyers samlinger. Foto: KODE/Dag Fosse; Edvard Munch: Melankoli, probably 1892, oil on canvas, 64 x 96 cm, Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Billedkunstsamlingene, Foto: Nasjonalmuseet/Børre Høstland; Edvard Munch: Måneskinn, 1893, oil on canvas, 140,5 x 137 cm, Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Billedkunstsamlingene, Foto: Nasjonalmuseet/Børre Høstland; Edvard Munch: Natt i Saint-Cloud, 1890, oil on canvas, 64,5 x 54 cm, Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Billedkunstsamlingene, Foto: Nasjonalmuseet/Børre Høstland; Edvard Munch: Selvportrett fra klinikken, 1909, oil on canvas, KODE, Rasmus Meyers samlinger. Foto: KODE/Dag Fosse; J.L. Nerlien, 1896, katalog, Munchs Hus (Åsgårdstrand). Foto: Wolday, Mekonnen/Munchs Hus; Steichen, Edward (1879-1973): Moonrise - Mamaroneck, New York (1904). New York, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Platinum, cyanotype, and ferroprussiate print, 15 1/4 x 19' (38.7 x 48.2 cm). Gift of the photographer. Acc. no.: 364.1964.© 2020. Digital image, The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence; Unknown photographer: Untitled, 1918. Gelatin silver print, 3 7/8 × 2 5/16" (9.9 × 5.9 cm). Gift of Jeffrey Fraenkel. Acc. no.: 670.2007. New York, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). © 2020. Digital image, The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence; Vobecky, Frantisek (1902-1991): Untitled (Self-Portrait), 1935. Gelatin silver print, 9 5/16 × 6 3/4" (23.6 × 17.2 cm). Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther. Acc. no.: 1896.2001. New York, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). © 2020. Digital image, The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence.
Self-Portrait at Ekely
1930. Silver Gelatin
When he was in his late sixties, Munch took a series of outdoor “selfies,” often set against a fragment of his home or studio. The camera models that Munch had chosen were small and flexible – about the size of a contemporary smart phone. This made it easy to hold the apparatus in one hand, extend the arm and turn the lens back on himself. Munch’s selfies show us a self-analytical and often playful side of the artist. They share the close-up view and sometimes angled views of contemporary Bauhaus or Soviet photography