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False etchings by Anders
Zorn?

The copper
plates that Zorns 289 etchings were made on ca 100 years ago,
are either destroyed (with a few known exceptions) or safely kept by the
Zorn Collections in Mora, Sweden. No more prints can be made from these
plates.
One should be aware of though, that different forms of "manupulation" can
exist with all kind of art when great values are at stake - and so also with
Zorns etchings.
Underneath are some examples
that easily could be detected by yourself with the help of a ruler
and a small magnifying glass - and not to forget the
"Anders Zorn
Etchings - Catalogue Raisonné".
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Check against the catalogue that the plate measurement of your etching (height
and width of the printed area) is correct - a few millimeters
difference is OK. |
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Check with the magnifying glass that the etching is not printed, in
other words that the picture is not made up of "small black dots" like
the photo in a magazine - just the etching lines from a gravel.
In
1926 the Swedish company Bengtssons Lito printed a portfolio with 12 of
Zorns most popular etchings "ZG 279 The Cabin, ZG 227 The new Maid, ZG
262 Early, ZG 156 The Guitar-player, ZG 251 Vallkulla, ZG 250
Dagmar, ZG 286 Ols Maria, ZG 273 My Models, ZG 266 The Bed-Stool, ZG 231
August Strindberg, ZG 276 On Hemsö Island and ZG 274 The Two"
The plate measurements in these prints are correct and even the penciled
signature by Zorn underneath is included - but with the information
above you can easily detect that they are not genuine etchings! |
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If your
etching is not hand penciled by Zorn you can verify on our page
"Unsigned
Etchings"
that this is correct. Etchings from 18 of the 289 plates were approved
by Zorn to be included in certain exclusive Art Publications at the time
in Sweden, Germany and France. They are all genuine and made from the
original plates in various editions - but the price is obviously lower
than the ones hand penciled by Zorn. |
Please
observe that with all etchings sold by Zorn Gallery a
signed Certificate of Origin with a photo is included.
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"Dalarö” (ZG 274)
This etching has originally probably been "crossed" by Zorn with a pencil
not being satisfied with the quality. The cross has then been removed by
someone with a rubber but now instead leaving a white cross visibly seen all
over the picture.
The etching is genuine but should not be available without Zorns pencil
signature. (Bought at an auction without correct information).
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”The New
Maid” (ZG
227)
This is a "heliogravure" cut out from the previous catalogue raisonné -
"Zorns Engaved Works" by Karl Asplund 1920.
Easily detected not genuine with the ruler as the plate measurements for
this etching - and 89 more - in the catalogue are ca 20% smaller than the
original ones. (This one bought though at an auction with correct
information).
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”Miss
Lurman” (ZG 166)
Printed photo of the original etching with Zorns pencil signature - probably
published in art magazine. The plate measurements are correct, but with the
magnifying glass the "black dots" are easily visible - also in the signature.
(Bought from a private person who thought that it was genuine).
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”The
New Maid”
(ZG 227)
The plate measurements in this print from Bengtsson Lito 1926 mentioned
above is correct. Even the penciled
signature by Zorn underneath is included - but with the information
above you can easily detect that it is not an genuine etching.(Bought at
an auction with correct information).
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