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ZG 78 – Lektyr - Reading 1893                                 © Zorngallery.se - Sweden

 

Previous                       Lektyr               78 Karl Asplund 1920         in Swedish & English                     

International                Reading            55 Hjert & Hjert 1980         in English & Swedish                    

Catalogue                     La Lecture        78 Loys Delteil 1909           in French (before 1909)

References                   Lektüre             57 Schubert-Soldern           in German (before 1905)

 

Executed                      In Evanston (USA) in November 1893 (BN)

Signed on Plate            Signed “Zorn 189(3)” on the lower right corner

 

Plate Size                     234 x 157 mm

Plate Destroyed           Before 1920 (A)

Plate Archived              With Zorn Collections in Mora

 

 

1 état / state – 2-5 copies / Rarity

Reproducerat hos Delteil. Före de under 2 och 3 nämnda arbetena.

Reproduced in Delteil. Before the work mentioned in states 2 and 3.

 

2 état / state – 2-5 copies / Rarity

Med diagonalstreck över Mr. Deerings rock och Mrs. Deerings dräkt.

With diagonal lines across Mr. Deering’s coat and Mrs. Deering’s dress.

 

3 état / state – 40 copies / Rarity

Reproducerat här och hos Asplund och H&H. 3 små streck tillagda på Mr. Deerings kind. Skuggan under handen som håller pipan, är förstärkt med flera vertikala och sneda streck. Ytterligare tunna streck över Mr. Deerings rock.

Reproduced here and in Asplund and H&H. 3 short lines added on Mr. Deering’s cheek. The shadow under the hand holding the pipe deepened by several vertical and oblique lines. Additional fine lines across the coat.

 

Total number of copies sold atmajor auctions 1985 - 2006 = 6 copies

 

 

Some major Exhibitions with this etching

1895 Wiener Künstlerhaus (Vienna)

1906 Galeries Durand-Ruel (Paris)

1924 Liljevalchs Konsthall (Stockholm)

1930 Liljevalchs Konsthall (Stockholm)

1952 Bibliothéque National de France (Paris)

1960 Swedish National Museum, Stockholm

1976 Augustinermuseum (Freiburg)

1979 Spencer Museum of Art (Kansas, USA)

1979 Springfield Art Museum (USA)

1989 Zorn Collections (Mora)

1989 Kunsthalle zu Kiel

1990 Modums Blaafarveværk (Norway)

1990 Kunsthalle München

1993 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston)

2002 Zorn Collections (Mora)

 

Some Museum Collections with this etching

Art Institute of Chicago – 2 state (1), and 3 state “trial proof”

Bibliothéque National de France (Paris) - 3 state

Boston Museum of Fine Arts – 3 state

Gothenburg Museum of Art – 3 state

Hamburger Kunsthalle – 3 state

Hungarian National Museum (Budapest) – 3 state

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston) – 3 state

National Museum of Fine Art (Copenhagen) – 3 state

Springfield Art Museum (USA) – 3 state

Swedish National Museum (Stockholm) – 3 state

Thielska Art Gallery (Stockholm)

Zorn Collections (Mora) – 1 state (1), 2 state (1) and 3 state (1)