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Death in the sickroom Anxiety Madonna The Sick Child Kristiania Bohemia II Vampire Moonlight I The Urn The Voice / Summer night Young woman on the shore Kiss Blossom of Pain Red Virginia Creeper Red and White Train smoke Kiss IV Four girls in Årsgårdstrand The Brooch / Eva Mudocci Self-portrait with bottle of wine The Death of Marat II The Scream Galloping horse The yellow log Towards the forest II Model by the wicker chair Starry night Self-portrait. The night wanderer. Under the chestnut tree Self-portrait. Between the clock and the bed

Works from the collection

Young woman on the shore, 1896
Burnished aquatint on zinc. 288 x 219 mmG 801-1 Sch. 85
G 816-1 Sch. 85

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Young woman on the shore

The motif is burnished and scraped out with a burnisher, and the plate is then inked with the finest nuances in blue, yellow and red using dollies. A total of 11 colour prints of this aquatint are known, and all differ in some respect. The female figure in white appears in several of Munch's works, and represents innocence, purity and beauty.