Mme. Granberg
1903
Swedish virtuoso Anders Zorn captures a moment of quiet elegance here, using a flurry of scratchy, energetic lines to build the heavy texture of Mme. Granberg's fur coat. Notice how the dense, dark hatching of the collar contrasts with the delicate, almost ghostly lines defining her face and upswept hair. Zorn was a celebrity artist in the early 1900s, famous for etching the elite of Europe and America, and this piece—dated 1905 in the corner—feels like a candid snapshot of that glamorous world rather than a stiff formal portrait.
- Technique
- Etching
- Material
- Ink on paper
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