# Tingletangle

**Edvard Munch** (Norwegian, 1863–1944)  
1895  
Lithograph in black ink, with additions in brush and red, blue, yellow, green, orange-brown and gray watercolor on ivory wove paper  
Image: 41.5 × 63.9 cm (16 3/8 × 25 3/16 in.); Sheet: 48.7 × 69.8 cm (19 3/16 × 27 1/2 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1963.285. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/17236).

## About this work

Edvard Munch painted this in 1895, aged 32. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of lithograph in black ink, with additions in brush and red, blue, yellow, green, orange-brown and gray watercolor on ivory wove paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Lithograph.** Drawn on limestone with a greasy crayon or ink. The stone is kept damp, and the oily printing ink clings only to the drawing. Invented in the 1790s, it let artists print exactly as they drew.
- **Watercolour on ivory.** Thin sheets of ivory gave watercolour a luminous, skin-like glow, which made them the favourite support for portrait miniatures from the early 1700s.
- **Watercolour.** Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.

### [Edvard Munch](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/edvard-munch)

Norwegian, 1863–1944

Munch trained in Kristiania, now Oslo, and spent long periods in Paris and Berlin in the 1890s, where he developed The Frieze of Life, a cycle on love, anxiety and death that includes The Scream. His painting drew on personal loss, including the early deaths of his mother and sister. He also made woodcuts and lithographs of great originality, sawing his blocks into pieces to ink them separately. After a breakdown in 1908 he returned to Norway, where he lived and worked until his death.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Print
- Culture: Norway
- The artist was 32
- Real size: about 16 × 25 in (41 × 63 cm). The 18 × 24 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Colour: grey
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/67.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/67/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108; 30 × 40 in $148
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258; 30 × 40 in $338
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148; 24 × 36 in $178; 30 × 40 in $228
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/tingletangle-aic-17236).