Precipice

1909

Anders Zorn

Associated Names
Anders Zorn

Artist, Swedish, 1860 - 1920

The image shows a person standing on a rock or ledge in a classical pose, facing forward with one foot slightly forward. The person's head is tilted downward. The facial features are subtly depicted, with short or pulled back hair. The figure is nude and the body's contours are emphasized by shading. No jewelry or objects are in the person's hand. The background consists of rocky textures merging into water on the right side, fading into a distant horizon. The artwork uses crosshatching techniques for the textures of rocks and water.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on Van Gelder laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.8 × 16 cm (9 3/8 × 6 5/16 in.)
    sheet (irreg): 37.7 × 28.2 cm (14 13/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8850

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Asplund 1920, no. 228

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bukowskis Kunsthandlung, Stockholm; (sale, Galerie Heinemann, Munich, 7 January 1910); Baron von Diergardt, Berlin; (sale, Galerie Heinemann, Munich, 17 January 1911, lot 81); Countess Ernst Treuberg, Holzen Castle, Germany; to 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. "19Zorn09" lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Braddjup" verso, lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). "Galerie Heinemann, München. / 10700" verso, upper left margin, stamp.

Watermarks

"VAN GELDER ZONEN"

Wikidata ID

Q65018730

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