Study for Isabella Gardner III
artist
Anders Zorn
(Mora, 1860 - 1920, Mora)
subject
Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Date1894
Place MadeSweden, Europe
MediumGraphite on wove paper
Dimensions25.7 x 20.6 cm (10 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number3.3.r.127
eMuseum ID724563
EmbARK ObjectID14061
Original Number3.4.o.135
Previous Number3.3.r.127.1
TMS Source ID2889
Last Updated10/3/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryZorn was unhappy with this preparatory sketch for his etching of Gardner and softened the composition slightly by positioning Gardner off-center and turning her more to the side.
Source: Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America, special exhibition on view in the museum's Hostetter Gallery, February 28 – May, 2013.
Source: Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America, special exhibition on view in the museum's Hostetter Gallery, February 28 – May, 2013.
BibliographyNotesMichelle Facos. Swedish Impressionism’s Boston Champion: Anders Zorn and Isabella Stewart Gardner. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum VI. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1993), pp. 24-27.
Oliver Tostmann et al. Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2013), pp. 142-45, no. 21b.
Oliver Tostmann et al. Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2013), pp. 142-45, no. 21b.
MarksNotesInscribed and signed (lower right): Miserable pencil sketch by Zorn
ProvenanceNotesGift from Anders Zorn to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1894.
