Munch: A Retrospective — The Resonating Cry of the Soul
“Munch: A Retrospective — The Resonating Cry of the Soul” was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.
The special museum shop overflowed with lots of goods, and of course a catalogue corner was set up too.
Four kinds of catalogue are sold for this Munch exhibition. Please see below.
- Popular edition, cover — ≪The Scream≫ version
- Popular edition, cover — ≪Madonna≫ version
- Popular edition, cover — ≪The Sun≫ version
- Special edition *limited to 500 copies
I’d like to introduce each of them below.
Catalogue: Popular Edition
The popular edition of the exhibition’s official catalogue, containing images and commentary for all roughly 100 exhibited works—about 60 oil paintings including 《The Scream》 plus prints.
It looks back on the 80-year painting career of Munch, Norway’s representative master, with about 100 works—roughly 60 oil paintings plus prints. The covers come in three types: ≪The Scream≫, ≪Madonna≫, and ≪The Sun≫ (all the same price).
It features an essay by Jon-Ove Steihaug, head of exhibitions and collections at the Munch Museum in Oslo, as well as feature pages introducing places associated with Munch alongside on-site photographs.
Catalogue: Special Edition
The special edition of the exhibition’s official catalogue, containing images and commentary for all roughly 100 exhibited works—about 60 oil paintings including 《The Scream》 plus prints.
The catalogue, more luxuriously bound than the popular edition (contents are the same), comes with a decorative box adorned with an image of the masterpiece ≪Starry Night≫ and seven beautiful print framed-pictures you can display one by one—sold in a limited run of 500 copies. Munch’s words are also printed on the back of the framed pictures.
Summary
An exhibition so wonderful it covers Munch’s entire painting career—surely a catalogue worth owning as a record.
Also, the special edition is limited to 500 copies, making it a precious catalogue. The packaging is nice too, and it’s sure to sell out. Any Munch fan will surely want to get one. At under 10,000 yen, it’s not that expensive, and those who hesitate may end up regretting it when it sells out.
I like 《Madonna》, so I’m agonizing over whether to buy it. How about you all?
