Mona
1911
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 24.8 × 17.7 cm (9 13/16 × 7 in.); Sheet: 40.7 × 29.9 cm (16 1/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
42192
Art Historical Context
Anders Zorn's *Mona* (1911) is a exquisite etching on ivory laid paper, measuring nearly 10 by 7 inches within its plate, housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints Drawings department. Created late in the career of this Swedish master (1860–1920), the work exemplifies Zorn's unparalleled skill in printmaking, where he transformed the meticulous intaglio process—biting lines into a metal plate with acid—into something as fluid and luminous as his renowned oil paintings. Zorn, a leading figure in late 19th- and early 20th-century Realism with Impressionist influences, was celebrated for h...
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. ...