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Pencil drawing of a nude figure with arms raised behind the head beside a tall flower, under the lettering QUICKBORN on tan paper.

The Flower of Pain

A black crayon and graphite drawing on tan tracing paper shows a nude figure with arms raised behind the head, beside a slender flowering stem. Above, the word QUICKBORN is lettered in block capitals across a flat, hilly landscape.

Artist
Edvard Munch
Date
1898
Medium
Black crayon, with graphite, on tan wove tracing paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2302 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1898).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection