Anders Zorn (Mora, 1860 - 1920, Mora)
John Hay, 1904
Etching on laid paper, 30.6 x 23.2 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
This very small vertical etching shows a light-skinned man seated from the waist up. He is facing directly toward us and holds a newspaper or open manuscript in his lap with the hand to our right. His other hand is closed and rests on the side of the seat to our left. He has short dark hair, and his long mustache and pointed beard are partially graying. He is wearing a dark coat open at the front, displaying a vest covering his chest and a white collar and dark tie tucked underneath his neck. The background is indistinct but may include a lamp at our left and a circular item high on a wall at our right. Most of the etching is thickly lined and dark, but there are some brighter spots at the lamp-like object, one side of the man’s face, the pages of the item he is holding in one hand, and his other, closed hand. The etching is signed and dated on the plate at the lower left, and signed again in pencil underneath the print.
Short Gallery
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