Mona

1911

Anders Zorn

Artist, Swedish, 1860 - 1920

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25 × 17.8 cm (9 13/16 × 7 in.)
    sheet: 39.7 × 31.3 cm (15 5/8 × 12 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.8838

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Asplund 1920, no. 242, state iii/iii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Arthur Sambon [1867-1947], Paris, (Lugt 175a); to Louis E. Stern [1886-1962], New York City; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 19 November 1936, lot 158); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1920

  • Asplund, Karl. Zorn's Engraved Work: Descriptive Catalogue. English ed. 2 vols. Stockholm: A.-B.H.Buckowskis Konsthandel, 1920.

Inscriptions

"Zorn" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Zorn 1911" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "MONA" upper left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "-1911- plate destroyed" lower center margin, graphite, unknown hand. ""MONA" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "111:2414" verso, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

"AS" (Arthur Sambon's collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink (Lugt 175a). "LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

[Strasbourg lily]," VGL"

Wikidata ID

Q65018715


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