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Self-Portrait. Between the Clock and the Bed.

Self-Portrait. Between the Clock and the Bed.

Self-Portrait. Between the Clock and the Bed. is an oil on canvas self-portrait painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, from 1940 to 1943. It is one of his last major works. Munch depicts himself as an unhappy, aging man, who appears frozen and flattened. Behind him is a bright yellow room full of light and past paintings, but he has placed his current self between a faceless grandfather clock and a bed, symbolising the inevitable passing of time and where he will eventually lie down for the final time.

See also Self-portraiture List of paintings by Edvard Munch

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  • 1940s paintings
  • 20th-century painting stubs
  • Oil paintings on canvas
  • Paintings by Edvard Munch
  • Paintings in the Munch Museum
  • Self-portraits
  • Self-portraiture