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The Kiss

1897

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The story

Part of Munch's Frieze of Life, it realises a motif he had tried since 1888/89: a couple whose faces fuse into one.

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Object details

Title: The Kiss
Artist: Edvard Munch
Date: 1897
Culture: Norwegian
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Munch Museum, Oslo
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0179
Original image: 2450 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Edvard Munch. The Kiss. 1897. Munch Museum, Oslo. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0179/

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