August Strindberg
Primary
Anders Leonard Zorn
(Mora, Sweden, 1860–1920)
NationalitySwedish, Europe
Date1910
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 17 11/16 × 12 13/16 in. (44.9 × 32.6 cm)
Additional Dimension: 11 5/8 × 7 11/16 in. (29.6 × 19.6 cm)
Additional Dimension: 11 5/8 × 7 11/16 in. (29.6 × 19.6 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.1580
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.1580
On View
Not on viewThe sitter in this portrait is the great Swedish modernist whose plays delve the tensions between the sexes and more broadly between social rule and individual psychology. Rendered by his compatriot, Zorn, both at the height of their fame, the etching is a striking cultural document.
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