MUNCH, Edvard
(b. 1863, Løten, d. 1944, Oslo)

Madonna

1895-96
Handcoloured lithograph, 603 x 440 mm
Art Institute, Chicago

Madonna is the usual title given to several versions of a composition showing a bare-breasted half-length female figure created between 1892 and 1895 using oil on canvas. He also produced versions in print form.

The lithographic print of the composition is distinguished by a decorative border depicting wriggling sperm, with a fetus-like figure in its bottom left corner.