Catalog of an exhibition held at Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Mar. 18-July 15, 2007 and Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Aug. 4-Dec. 2007

Edvard Munch: signs of modern art. The duality of a material-based modernity / Dieter Buchhart -- Meaning and physicality in the art of Munch / Øivind Storm Bjerke -- Ghosts: on aspects of the theater in Edvard Munch's art / Ulf Küster -- On the retina of the mind: Edvard Munch's legacy to modernism / Philippe Büttner -- 1880-1892 Munch, the radical innovator and his experimentation with naturalism, impressionism, and symbolism -- 1892-1895 Berlin: the experiment with painting and signs of modern art -- 1896-1897 Munch's early graphic works: looking ahead to the twentieth century -- 1898-1908 Change of style and breakdown: Munch's own unique contribution to modernism -- 1909-1919 Photography, film, and movement -- Late graphic works and the disappearance of the motif -- 1919-1944 Dissolution and temporality in Munch's late work