Lawyer Wade

1890

Anders Zorn

Artist, Swedish, 1860 - 1920

Anders Zorn

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.7 × 30.5 cm (8 9/16 × 12 in.)
    sheet: 32.4 × 42.8 cm (12 3/4 × 16 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.313

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Asplund 1920, no. 36, state ii/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles Sessler [1854-1935], Philadelphia, PA, 15 August, 1946; to Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1946.

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 composition, in plate, artist's hand. Not dated. "(Martin J. Wade, American lawyer, Member of Congress, b. at Burlington, Vt. 1861, since 1891 Professor of Law at Iowa. / "Lawyer Wade" A. 36. This plate etched in 1890, for Sir Ernest Cassel. (only 7 or 8 impressions.)" lower margin, graphite, unknown hand. "[illeg.] 31872" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "VPREM" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65067988


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