Antonin Proust

Antonin Proust

Item Information

Title:
Antonin Proust
Description:
Antonin Proust, writer and politician, b. at Niort 1832, d. in Paris 1905. Ministre des Beaux Arts 1881.
Artist:
Zorn, Anders, 1860-1920
Name on Item:
Zorn
Date:
1889
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Portrait prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Anders Zorn (1860-1920). Etchings and Other Works
Subjects:
Journalists
Politicians
Proust, Antonin, 1832-1905
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 16 x 24 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Asplund: A. 33
Additional information accompanying item: Signed "18 Zorn 89" in the lower left corner. Executed after an oil painting, pencil drawing in Zorn's sketch book. This etching was found unsigned in the private collection of Andres Zorn after his death and has been signed by Mrs. Zorn as follows - on the frontside - "Anders Zorn g. Emma Zorn." On the backside - "That this etching has belonged to the collection left by Anders Zorn is certified, Emma Zorn." In Swedish.
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Asplund, Karl. “Zorn’s engraved work : a descriptive catalogue.” Vol. I. Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1990, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Fifth state. The shading of the under side of the left hand further strengthened by a number of diagonal lines. On the lower left corner there have been added seven diagonal lines, crossing the lines previously existing there.
On the plate, 18 Zorn 89. The plate is the property of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
Identifier:
18_07_000083
W. 2547 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666003823495