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Catalogue No. 1175 · Christie's · New York
Morgen, Naken kvinne ved vinduet (Morning, Nude at the Window)
About $4.8 million in today’s money: 55 years of the typical US household’s income. Source
- Artist
- Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863–1944)
- Title
- Morgen, Naken kvinne ved vinduet (Morning, Nude at the Window) (Morgen, Naken kvinne ved vinduet)
- Date
- 1902
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 81.3 x 65.4 cm (32 x 25 5/8 in.)
Edvard Munch painted Morgen, Naken kvinne ved vinduet (Morning, Nude at the Window) in 1902. The oil on canvas measures 81.3 by 65.4 cm. A young nude woman is seen from behind at a tall window, one hand parting a sheer curtain. Her body is modelled in pinks, olive greens and blues, in loose zig-zag brushstrokes.
Christie's cites it as number 508 in the Woll catalogue raisonné. Its listed owners begin with Otto Schultz of Steinkjer, Norway, by 1915 and until at least 1926, followed by Hugo Blomqvist of Oslo. Jens P. Heyerdahl of Oslo had it by 1933, and it then passed by descent.
Christie's, London, sold it on 29 June 1981 to a private collection in San Antonio. On 1 December 1986 it was sold again at Christie's, London, and acquired by Arnold and Joan Saltzman.
Christie's offered it in New York on 17 November 2025 as lot 54A of the 20th Century Evening Sale, within the Arnold and Joan Saltzman Collection. The estimate was $2,500,000 to $3,500,000. Christie's lists the price realised as $4,589,000, which includes the buyer's premium.
The sale
- Auction house
- Christie's, New York
- Date
- 17 November 2025
- Lot
- 54A
- Estimate
- $2,500,000–$3,500,000
- Sold for
- $4.6 million (including buyer’s premium) · $4,589,000
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Provenance
by 1915
Otto Schultz, Steinkjer, Norway (by 1915, until at least 1926)
after 1926
Hugo Blomqvist, Oslo
by 1933
Jens P. Heyerdahl, Oslo (acquired from the above, by 1933, then by descent)
1981-06-29
Sale, Christie's, London, 29 June 1981, lot 35
1981
Private collection, San Antonio (acquired at the above sale)
1986-12-01
Sale, Christie's, London, 1 December 1986, lot 27, acquired by the late owners (Arnold and Joan Saltzman)
2025-11-17
Christie's, New York, 20th Century Evening Sale, Birth of the Modern: The Arnold and Joan Saltzman Collection, lot 54A
Sources
- Christie's, lot 54A: Edvard Munch, Morgen, Naken kvinne ved vinduet (Morning, Nude at the Window)
- Christie's, Edvard Munch artist page (price realised and estimate)
- Christie's press release: Fall Marquee Week Sales, New York, 17 November 2025
Prices include the buyer’s premium, in US dollars at the time of sale, unless marked as a hammer price.