Title: The symbolist prints of Edvard Munch : the Vivian and David Campbell collection /
Authors: Prelinger, Elizabeth.; Munch, Edvard, 1863-1944; Parke-Taylor, Michael; Schjeldahl, Peter.; Art Gallery of Ontario
Publisher: Yale University Press ; Art Gallery of Ontario,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Munch, Edvard, Exhibitions.; Campbell, David M. Art collections Exhibitions.; Campbell, Vivian Art collections Exhibitions.; Symbolism (Art movement) Norway Exhibitions.; Prints Private collections Ontario Toronto Exhibitions.
Abstract: Illustrated with black and white and colored prints from Edvard Munch. Original pictorial wrappers and color illustrated frontispiece. Published alongside the exhibition of the same name. "This exhibition considers Munch's relevance to a modern world through three interpretive paths." (From the forward) These paths are the technical methods Munch used as a Symbolist printmaker, his reception and exhibitions in North American, and Munch's influence in popular culture. With several essays and a chronology.
Contents: Edvard Munch and the techniques of symbolist graphics / Elizabeth Prelinger -- "The scarlet trail of the serpent" : the reception of Edvard Munch in America / Michael Parke-Taylor -- Greatest hits of Edvard Munch / Peter Schjeldahl -- Catalogue of the exhibition / Elizabeth Prelinger.