Description Property from the Olsen Collection Edward Munch 1863 - 1944 Dans på stranden (Reinhardt-frisen) (Dance on the Beach (The Reinhardt Frieze)) signed computer Munch (lower right) tempera on canvas 90 by 402.6 cm. 35⅜ by 158½ in. Executed in 1906-07. condition report To request a Condition Report, please contact Emily.Brown@sothebys.com Provenance Deutsches Theater, Kammerspiele (Max Reinhardt), Berlin (acquired from the artist in 1907 and until circa 1912-13) Fritz Gurlitt Gallery (Wolfgang Gurlitt), Berlin (acquired by 1914) Dr Curt Glaser, Berlin (acquired by 1916) Internationales Kunsthaus, Berlin, 9 May 1933, lot 267 (consigned by the above) Oslo Auksjonsforretning, Oslo, 16 April 1934, lot 20 Thomas Olsen, Norway (acquired by 1938) Thence by descent to the present owner This lot is sold pursuant to a settlement agreement between the current owner and the heirs of Dr Curt Glaser. literature Curt Glaser, Edvard Munch, Berlin, 1917, pl. 20, p. 134, illustrated (titled Tanz and dated 1907) Johan H. Langaard and Reidar Revold, Edvard Munch. The University Murals, Graphic Art and Paintings , Oslo, 1960, p. 1, illustrated exh. Cat., Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Edvard Munch: The Life Frieze for Max Reinhardt's Kammerspiele, 1978, No. VI, p. 38, illustrated in colour Gerd Woll, Edvard Munch, Complete Paintings, Catalog raisonné, 1898-1908 , vol. II, London, 2009, no. 730, p. 723, illustrated in colour Exhibited Berlin, Fritz Gurlitt art salon, Edvard Munch collective exhibition, 1914 Mannheim, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Edvard Munch – paintings and graphics , 1926-27, no. 72c (titled Fries des Lebens , dated 1906 and with incorrect dimensions) Berlin, National Gallery, Edvard Munch, 1927, no. 109 (titled Dance) Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, Edvard Munch utstilling: Malerier, akvareller, tegninger, grafikk, 1951, no. 76 Kiel, Kunsthalle zu Kiel of the Christian Albrechts University, Edvard Munch. Paintings and drawings from a Norwegian private collection, 1979, no. 10, illustrated in colour