Anders Zorn
(Swedish, 1860-1920).
The Two
1916. Etching and drypoint, monogrammed and dated in plate lower left,
signed in pencil in lower margin, 19.8 x 14.8cm. Slight stain to margins, old
mount burn.
Ref: Asplund #274. RefItem #CL168-163
Anders Leonard Zorn was one of Sweden's
foremost artists. He obtained international success as a painter, sculptor,
and etcher. Among Zorn's portrait subjects were
King Oscar II of Sweden, and three American Presidents, Grover Cleveland, William H. Taft, and Theodore Roosevelt.
At the end of his life, he established the Swedish literary Bellman Prize in 1920.
Price (AUD): $2200
