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ZG 7 - Kusinerna - The Cousins 1883                           © Zorngallery.se - Sweden

 

Previous                       Kusinerna                     7 Karl Asplund 1920           in Swedish & English               

International                The Cousins                 7 Hjert & Hjert 1980           in English & Swedish                

Catalogue                     Les Cousines               6 Loys Delteil 1909             in French (before 1909)

References                   Die Cousinen                5 Schubert-Soldern             in German (before 1905)

 

Motif from                     After the watercolour "Kusinerna" (59,4 x 32,6) painted winter 1881/82

Executed                      In Zorn’s studio in London 1883 - but reversed from painting

Signed on Plate            Signed “Zorn” on the lower right hand corner

 

Plate Size                     443 x 278 mm

Plate Destroyed           Before 1909 (LD)

 

 

1 état / state - 10 copies / Rarity

Reproducerat hos Asplund och H&H. Före ett stort antal horisontalstreck över solfjädern.

Reproduced in Asplund and H&H. Before a large number of horizontal lines across the fan.

 

2 état / state – 5-15 copies / Rarity

Med dessa arbeten men före syrafläckar i nedre delen av plåten. (Uppgifterna i Asplund om 40 ex dragna 1903 avser état 3 nedan)

With these details, but before acid stains on the lower part of the plate. (40 copies printed 1903 according to Asplund refer to state 3 underneath)

 

3 état / state – 40 copies 1903 / Extremely Rare

Reproducerat här och hos Delteil. Med de under état 2 nämnda syrafläckarna.

Reproduced here and in Delteil. With the acid stains mentioned in state 2.

 

Total number of copies sold at major auctions 1985 - 2006 = 14 copies

Modellerna äro dottern till professor Rodriques i Sevilla och hennes kusin. Under sin vistelse i Sevilla målade Zorn i Rodriques ateljé.

The sitters are the daughter of Professor Rodriquez, Seville, and her cousin. During his stay in Seville, Zorn worked in Rodriquez’s studio.

 

 

Some major Exhibitions with this etching

1906 Galeries Durand-Ruel, (Paris)

1924 Liljevalchs Konsthall (Stockholm)

1930 Liljevalchs Konsthall (Stockholm)

1952 Bibliothéque National de France (Paris)

1976 Augustinermuseum (Freiburg)

1989 Zorn Collections (Mora)

2000 Museum of Prints & Drawings (Berlin)

2002 Zorn Collections (Mora)

 

 

Some Museum Collections with this etching

Art Institute of Chicago – 1 state (1), 3 state (2)

Bibliothéque National (Paris) – 3 state

Göteborg Museum of Art – 3 state

Museum of Prints (Berlin) – 3 state

Spencer Museum of Art (Lawrence, USA)

Swedish National Museum – 1 state

Thielska Art Gallery (Stockholm)

Zorn Collections – 1 state, 3 state (2)

Zorn Collections (Mora) – 1 and 2 state