Self-Portrait. Between the Clock and the Bed. explained

Self-Portrait. Between the Clock and the Bed.
Artist:	Edvard Munch
Year:	1940–1943
Height Metric:	149.5
Width Metric:	120.5
Museum:	Munch Museum
City:	Oslo, Norway

Self-Portrait. Between the Clock and the Bed. is a 1940–1943 self-portrait painting by Edvard Munch which is one of his last major works. Munch depicts himself as an unhappy, aging man who appears frozen and flattened.^[1] Behind him is a bright room full of light and past paintings, but he has placed his current self between a clock and a bed, symbolising the inevitable passing of time and where he will eventually lie down for the final time.^[2]

See also

• Self-portraiture
• List of paintings by Edvard Munch

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jones . Jonathan . Jonathan Jones (journalist) . Edvard Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed – in pictures . the Guardian . 7 May 2023 . 22 November 2017.
2. Web site: Edvard Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed. 2019-03-15. Metropolitan Museum of Art.