Girls on the Bridge, Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch, Girls on the Bridge 

Munch painted Girls on the Bridge in 1902, during an emotionally-turbulent yet highly-productive period of his life. The lyrical work ranks as one of the most powerful paintings of his career. Girls on the Bridge will come to Sotheby's New York auction on 14 November with an estimate in excess of US$50 million.

The rich symbolism of Girls on the Bridge relates to Munch’s Frieze of Life, which takes the stages of a young woman's development from puberty to maturity as one of its themes. Girls on the Bridge continues Munch's exploration of the themes of both sexual awakening and mortality. The image of a cluster of young women, huddled in a secretive mass between two points of land, resonates with explosive tension.

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Photography from Sotheby's Hong Kong.