Artwork
Untitled
Untitled is an ink print by the Impressionist artist Anders Zorn. It dates from 1892 and is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
About this work
Overview
Anders Zorn's Untitled is an etching created in 1892, held at The Museum of Modern Art.
Subject & Meaning
The etching depicts a man slumped in a chair, resting his head on his hand, surrounded by a cluttered desk with books, a lamp, and various objects, conveying a sense of disarray and contemplation.
Technique & Style
The print features scratchy, uneven lines, giving it a rough, hand-drawn quality characteristic of etching, a technique that involves scratching a design onto a metal plate.
History & Provenance
The artist signed the etching in the corner, accompanied by a short note, and it is now part of The Museum of Modern Art's collection.
Artist & collection
Artist
Anders Leonard Zorn was born in February 1860 in Mora, Dalarna, the illegitimate son of a Bavarian brewer and a Swedish farmer's daughter; his mother died shortly after his birth, and his grandparents raised him.
