“That’s why it hung in the president’s house as a conversation piece – it was alleged to have been painted by Munch, but we certainly don’t know … so it was just a sort of quirky mystery,” said Jane Becker Nelson, director and curator of the Flaten Art Museum. Based on the lack of evidence, it was determined “Eva” was most likely not painted by Munch. Although the portrait was thought at the time to be possibly Munch’s work, the curators at the Munch Museum in Oslo could not determine a clear chain of possession – the gold standard for art authentication – between Munch and Tetlie. Olaf in 1999 as a bequest from Richard Tetlie, a 1943 alumnus and art collector, who donated his collection to the school in his will.
The portrait – now known as “Eva” – was brought to St. Once deemed inauthentic, recently-unearthed records have opened an investigation into the painting’s authenticity.Īuthor Rima Shore discovered an “obscure reference in a footnote” to an unfinished portrait by Munch of violinist Eva Mudocci while conducting research for her upcoming book on Mudocci, titled “Lady with a Brooch.” Shore then followed the painting’s trail to St. By George Arbanas Arts and Entertainment October 11, 2018Įdvard Munch might not be a household name, but his most famous work, “The Scream” – which sold at auction for nearly $120 million in 2012 – is known across the world.įar fewer people knew about another work attributed to Munch which was, until recently, hanging in President David Anderson’s dining room at St.
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