Painted between 1892 and 1895, they are part of the "Frieze of Life" series dedicated to death, fear, and love. The artist used different painting techniques.
The first painting is on cardboard, 91 x 73.5 cm, and was created using a combined technique of oil, tempera and pastel. This painting can be found in the National Gallery in Oslo.
The second painting, measuring 83.5 x 66 cm, was painted by Munch on cardboard in tempera. It is currently in the Munch Museum in Oslo.
The other two were done in pastels. One of them also went to the Munch Museum, and the other ended up in the hands of a private German collector of Jewish origin, Hugo Simon, who sold the painting to the Norwegian shipowner Thomas Olsen around 1937.
