Bather (Evening) III
1896
Medium
Etching; second state of two
Dimensions
Plate: 9 3/8 × 6 3/16 in. (23.8 × 15.7 cm) Sheet: 13 3/8 × 8 15/16 in. (33.9 × 22.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Blanche S. Guggenheim, 1953
Accession Number
53.628.14
Tags
Art Historical Context
Created in 1896, Anders Zorn’s “Bather (Evening) III” is a delicate etching that invites viewers into a quiet moment of solitude. The second state of two impressions reveals the artist’s careful adjustments to line and tone, allowing the figure’s form to emerge gradually from the plate. At just over nine inches tall, the intimate scale encourages close looking, as fine etched lines suggest the play of fading light across skin and water. Zorn, working at the height of the etching revival, used the medium’s fluid possibilities to capture natural movement with remarkable economy. The subject—a w...
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. ...