Precipice

1909

Anders Zorn

Artist, Swedish, 1860 - 1920

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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

    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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