Watercolor with charcoal, unfinished study (landscape), executed on the back cover of an artist's sketchbook and attributed* to Edvard Munch (1863-1944). Sketchbook cover is signed in ink on the reverse. 11 x 7 5/8 inches. Unframed.

Provenance: Property from a prominent West Coast family estate. Presumably acquired from Habsburg, Feldman, Inc. (auction), Geneva, Switzerland, together with several other Munch-ascribed works (one bearing a Habsburg, Feldman label). The latter was sold by Preston Hall Gallery, July 25, 2016, Lot 143.

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