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August Strindberg

Primary (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)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.1580
Keywords
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.1580
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Label Text
The 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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