Anders Leonard Zorn
In Front of the Fire Place (Framför Brasan)
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Anders Leonard Zorn
Swedish
1860 - 1920
In Front of the Fire Place (Framför Brasan)
signed and dated Zorn/ 1916 (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 36⅛ by 23¾ in.; 92 by 60 cm
framed: 42¼ by 30 in.; 108 by 76.5 cm
The canvas is unlined. The paint surface is stable and in good condition. Slight impression of upper stretcher bar. Upon close inspection, very minor area of craquelure to the background right of the figure's head. Under UV light, no apparent retouching.
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