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Evening, Melancholy I

Edvard Munch, 1896

45 cm × 39 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 4 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 39 cm
Width: 45 cm
Medium: Hand-colored woodcut
Kind: Print
Made in: Norway
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Image: 37.7 x 45 cm (14 13/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 45 cm × 38 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Mrs. Clive Runnels in memory of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 45 cm × 39 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1896. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Gift of Mrs. Clive Runnels in memory of Leonard C. Hanna Jr..
How was it made?: Hand-colored woodcut, made in Norway, Norway.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.