The Two

1916

Anders Zorn

Associated Names
Anders Zorn

Artist, Swedish, 1860 - 1920

This print depicts two nude people, a man and a woman, shown from head to toe. Both people are standing upright on an uneven, rocky landscape, looking out over the scene with their bodies facing slightly towards the left. The woman is in front, and she has light skin and short, dark hair. The man stands behind her with a hand on her arm. He also has light skin and dark hair neatly combed back, along with a dark mustache. Their bodies have been created with short, fine lines, and there is not much detail in their facial features. The background features a natural landscape with rocky, sloped terrain and patches of dark grass under a clear sky. The dark lines of the print are on tan paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.6 x 14.8 cm (7 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 43.5 x 30.6 cm (17 1/8 x 12 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.217

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Asplund 1920, no. 274


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1920

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

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Zorn / 1916; lower right in graphite: Zorn; by later hand, lower left in graphite: The Two; lower right in graphite: Asplund 274

Markings

"JK" (Jacob Kainen's collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 4737).

Watermarks

[unicorn], "VGL"

Wikidata ID

Q76335541

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