Anders Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920). Etching on paper titled “Venus de la Villette” depicting a nude woman holding a piece of fabric, 1893. After a 1891 oil painting of the same name by the artist. Trimmed to plate. Either a 2nd or 3rd state printing. Pencil signed along the lower right. Dated and titled inside the mat. Reference: Karl Asplund, “Zorn’s Engraved Work, Vol. 1” (Alan Wofsy Fine Arts: San Francisco, 1990), page 127, plate 82. Cecilia Lengefeld, “Zorn – Resor, konst och kommers i Tyskland” (Berlings Skogs, Trelleborg, 2000), page 53, plate 82. Edited Brigitta Sandstrom, “Zorn: i svart och vitt” (Zornmuseet: Mora, Sweden, 2002) page 207. Loys Delteil, “Anders Zorn” (Le Peintre-Graveur Illustre, Paris, 1909) plate 82.

Image; height: 5 1/2 in x width: 3 3/4 in.
Sheet; height: 6 in x width: 3 3/4 in.
Matted; height: 20 in x width: 16 in.