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Anders Zorn

(Sweden, 1860-1920)
Estimate
12 000 000 - 15 000 000 SEK
1 070 000 - 1 340 000 EUR
1 110 000 - 1 380 000 USD
Hammer price
11 000 000 SEK
Purchasing info
Anders Zorn
(Sweden, 1860-1920)

"Söndagsmorgon" (Sunday morning)

Signed Zorn and dated Mora 1891. Canvas 121 x 93 cm.

Provenance

Publisher Rudolf Mosses collection, Berlin.
Marchant Albrecht Guttmans collection, Berlin (around 1907-16).
Kunstsalon Rheinland, Berlin (approximately 1916-?).
Consul Erik Brodins collection, Djursholm (from approximately 1920).
Bukowski auktioner, auction no 300, Spring Auction, 11 - 12 April1935, cat no 59.
Physician Erik Gustaf Berggrens collection, Jönköping.
Beijers auktioner, Stockholm, "Höstauktion", 21 November 1984, cat no 164.

Exhibitions

Salon Gurlitt, Berlin, January 1892 (under the title "Sonntagmorgen in Dalekarlien").
(Troligen) "Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Radirungen von A. Zorn", Kunsthalle zu Hamburg, 1892.
Société Nationale des Beaux-arts, "Salon de 1893", Champ-de-Mars, Paris, 1893.
"Internationale Kunstausstellung des Vereins Bildender Künstler Münchens 'Secession' ", 1893, cat no 646 (under the title "Sonntagmorgen in Dalecarlien, Schweden").
Konstnärsförbundet, Stockholm, 1894.
Finska konstföreningen, Helsingfors, 1899.
"Zweite Kunst-Ausstellung der Berliner Secession 1900", spring 1900, cat no 348 (under the title "Sonntagsmorgen").
"Internationale Kunstausstellung Dresden 1901", 20 April - 20 October 1901, cat no 777a (under the title "Sonntag Morgen").
"Erste internationale Mitglieder-Ausstellung der Berliner Akademie der Künste", Arnimsches Palais am Pariser Platz, Berlin, 27 January - 9 March 1907, cat no 77 (under the title "Sonntagswäsche", then owned by Albrecht Guttman, Charlottenburg).
Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, "Bruno Liljefors / Anders Zorn", 10 - 25 April 1920, cat no 65 (then owned by consul Erik Brodin).
Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, "Anders Zorn. Minnesutställning", 1 March - 6 April 1924, cat no 62 (illustrated full page in exhibition catalogue).
Paris 1929, cat no 130 (illustrated).
Zornmuseet, Mora, "Anders Zorn 1860-1960. Minnesutställning", 18 February - 15 August 1960, cat no 103.
Museen für kunst und kulturgescichte der Hansestadt Lübeck Behnhaus, Västtyskland, "Anders Zorn", 5 May - 17 June 1962, cat no 17 (under the title "Sonntagsmorgen").
West Germany, 1966.
The foundation Modums Blaafarvevaerk, Åmot, Norge, "Anders Zorn 1860 - 1920", 12 May - 30 September 1990, cat no 66 (illustrated full page in colour, page 105).
Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm, "Zorns mästerverk", 23 October 2010 - 30 January 2011.

Literature

"Små konstböcker No 6. Anders Zorn -60 reproduktioner i tontryck efter fotografier af originalen", 1909, illustrated full page.
Karl Asplund, "Anders Zorn. His life and work", 1921, mentioned page 35 (under the title "Sunday Morning") and illustrated full page in colour, Plate XIV.
Tor Hedberg, "Anders Zorn. Ungdomstiden 1860-1893", SAK, 1923, mentioned page 132 and illustrated full page, page 123.
Albert Engström, "Anders Zorn", 1928, illustrated full page in colour, page 64.
Albert Engström, "Anders Zorn", 1942, illustrated full page in colour, page 52.
"Konst i svenska hem", vol. 10, mentioned page 538 under collection 940; Physician Erik Gustaf Berggren, Bymarksgatan 8, Jönköping.
Gerda Boëthius, "ZORN -Tecknaren, Målaren, Etsaren, Skulptören", 1949, mentioned page 239, 294-295, 299, 387 and 529, listed in the register under the year 1891, page 546.
Gerda Boëthius, "Zorn -Svensk och världsvandrare", 1959, mentioned page 105.
Sixten Strömbom, "Nationalromantik och radikalism. Konstnärsförbundets historia 1891-1920", 1965, mentioned page 72 and 488.
Hans Henrik Brummer, "Zorn -Människan och konstnären", 1977, mentioned page 43, 106 och 174.
Anders Zorn, "Självbiografiska anteckningar" (published and commented by Hans Henrik Brummer), 1982, mentioned page 196 and 215.
Cecilia Lengefeld, "Zorn -Resor, konst och kommers i Tyskland", 2000, mentioned page 52 (under the title "Sonntagmorgen in Dalecarlien"), 103, 150, 188-189 and illustrated full page in colour, colour plate X and listed in exhibition documentation page 317 ff.
Johan Cederlund (red.), "Zorn. Mästerverk", 2010, described by Birgitta Sandström Ph.D (former director of the Zornmuseum) page 98 and illustrated full page in colour, page 99.

More information

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Designer

Anders Zorn, born in Mora in 1860, showed artistic talent from a young age. In 1875, he traveled to Stockholm and became a student at the then Slöjdskolan (now Tekniska högskolan) in Stockholm, and shortly after, he joined the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Initially, Zorn had aspirations of becoming a sculptor, but soon watercolor painting took over, becoming his primary medium until 1887. At the student exhibition in 1880, Zorn had his breakthrough with the watercolor painting "I sorg." The following year, he gained international acclaim as a portrait painter. His watercolor painting reached its pinnacle during this period, and his most famous work from this time is "Vårt dagliga bröd” from 1886. Shortly thereafter, Zorn transitioned to oil painting, which was met with immediate success. Zorn's reputation mainly rested on his portrait art, and he portrayed many notable figures, including presidents. For instance, he created an etching of Theodore Roosevelt. His etchings significantly contributed to his success. In the late 1880s, Zorn began working in the genre that would increasingly become his trademark: nude figures in outdoor settings. He had long been fascinated by the movement of water and the reflections of light on its surface. Now, he added the complexity of placing a model near or in the water, aiming to depict a synthesis between nature and humanity. In 1896, Zorn and his wife moved back to Sweden and settled in Zorngården in Mora. This move sparked a renewed interest in his homeland, which would be reflected in his future paintings. Among the artist's scenes from the Mora region, portraying its local customs and ancient traditions, "Midsommardansen" holds the highest value according to Zorn himself. Today, the painting can be found at the National Museum.

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