Balance
1919
Medium
Etching; only state
Dimensions
Plate: 6 1/2 × 4 9/16 in. (16.5 × 11.6 cm) Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (31.4 × 23.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Edna H. Sachs, 1964
Accession Number
64.695.10
Tags
Art Historical Context
Anders Zorn's *Balance* (1919) is a masterful etching capturing the graceful form of a female nude a poised, equilibrium-defying stance. Created in the final year of the Swedish artist's life—he passed away in 1920—this intimate print measures just 6½ × 4⅝ inches on the plate, inviting close contemplation of its delicate lines and textures. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it was generously gifted by Edna H. Sachs in 1964, preserving Zorn's legacy for modern viewers. Zorn, a virtuoso printmaker renowned for his Impressionist-inflected Realism, excelle...
About the Artist
Anders Zorn · 1860–1920
Anders Zorn (1860–1920), one of Sweden's most celebrated artists, was born on February 18 in Utmeland near Mora in Dalarna, and raised on his maternal grandparents' farm in the nearby hamlet of Yvraden. Displaying prodigious talent from a young age, he attended school in Mora Strand until age twelve, followed by secondary grammar school in Enköping, where he excelled in drawing people and horses. ...