Precipice

Precipice

Item Information

Title:
Precipice
Title (alt.):
The precipice
Description:
An image of a standing female nude. She is seen full-length, from the front and leans on the rocks on the shore of the sea.
Artist:
Zorn, Anders, 1860-1920
Name on Item:
Zorn
Date:
1909
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Anders Zorn (1860-1920). Etchings and Other Works
Subjects:
Nudes
Coastlines
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 24 x 16 cm
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Terms of Use:
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from material accompanying item.
Asplund: A. 228
Additional information accompanying item: This print was repaired with cloth, tape on the back - torn on top, upper right corner margin and along plate mark.
Additional information from catalogue raisonné: Pencil outline in Zorn's sketchbook.
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Asplund, Karl. “Zorn’s engraved work : a descriptive catalogue.” Vol. II. Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1990, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Second state. Six vertical lines have toned down this patch, which is light only immediately above the top of the head. Fresh contour lines close to the right upper arm. The contour of the girl re-etched in all the light parts.
On the plate, 19 Zorn 09. Plate destroyed.
Identifier:
18_07_000052
W. 342 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666003815681