Seaward Skerries

1913

Anders Zorn

Associated Names
Anders Zorn

Artist, Swedish, 1860 - 1920

The image shows two nude individuals standing in a rocky shoreline. One person is partially submerged in water facing towards it, while the other is standing on a rock, looking down with their body facing towards the left side. Both have curly hair. The background features a calm expanse of water leading to a distant horizon line.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid Van Gelder paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Professor Walter Bogert

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.1 × 25 cm (7 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.9 × 43.8 cm (12 15/16 × 17 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.3.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Asplund 1920, no. 256

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor Walter Bogert; gift to NGA, 1950.

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 1913" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Z.42" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "6107" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. Verso: none.

Markings

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

Watermarks

"VAN GELDER ZONEN"

Wikidata ID

Q65067990

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