Object details
Accession number
4.3.o.171
Primary Creator
Anders Zorn
(Mora, 1860 - 1920, Mora)
Full title
Self-Portrait with Model II and Mrs. Cleveland I
Creation Date
1899
State
V/VI
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Marks
Signed and dated on plate (lower left): 18 Zorn 99
On the reverse is Mrs Cleveland I, 1899, 24.8 x 17.7 cm, ZG 145, state I/I
Dimensions
24.8 x 17.8 cm (9 3/4 x 7 in.)
Display Media
Etching
Dimension Notes
Framed: 40.3 x 32.6 cm (15 7/8 x 12 13/16 in.)
Web Commentary
Resting in front of his easel and smoking a cigarette, Zorn takes a short pause from his work. A half-dressed model in the background looks attentively at him. With this juxtaposition, Zorn created a powerful tension between artist and model. This etching is based on the painted version made three years earlier.
Source: Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America, special exhibition on view in the museum's Hostetter Gallery, February 28 – May, 2013
Permanent Gallery Location
Short Gallery
Bibliography
Sven Lidbeck, Anders Zorn Etchings: Catalogue Raisonné (Helsinki, 2007), p. 188, ZG149.
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