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ZG 72 - Omnibus 1892                                         © Zorngallery.se - Sweden


 

Previous                       Omnibus            72 Karl Asplund 1920         in Swedish & English                   

International                Omnibus          183 Hjert & Hjert 1980         in English & Swedish                  

Catalogue                     En Omnibus       71 Loys Delteil 1909           in French (before 1909)

References                   Im Omnibus        51 Schubert-Soldern          in German (before 1905)

 

Motif from                     The oil painting ”Omnibus” (126x88) by Zorn 1892.

Executed                      In Zorn’s studio at Boulevard Clichy in Paris, spring 1892 (BN)  

Signed on Plate             Signed “18Zorn92” on the lower right corner.

 

Plate Size                     279 x 197 mm

Plate Destroyed            Before 1909 (LD)

 

 

1 état / state – 1 copy / Proof

Före följande arbeten: Diagonalstrecken på hattasken och över den i hög hatt klädde herrns* mustasch, flera diagonalstreck i glasrutan till höger.

Before the following work: Diagonal lines on the hatbox and across the moustache of the man* in a high hat; several diagonal lines on the glass pane to the right.

 

2 état / state – 2-5 copies / Rarity

Med dessa arbeten men före de i 3 état nämnda.

With the above details, but before those mentioned in state 3.

 

3 état / state – 75 copies / Very Rare

Reproducerat här och hos Asplund, Delteil och H&H. Med följande nya arbeten: Små diagonala streck på den främsta kvinnans överläpp och haka, ett stort antal horisontella streck i det ljusa partiet till vänster om den bortersta damens profil och ingående arbeten med polerstål och nål i samtliga fönsterrutor.

Reproduced here and in Asplund, Delteil and H&H. With the following fresh work: Short diagonal lines on the upper lip and chin of the front woman: a large number of horizontal lines on the light patch to the left of the farthest woman’s profile, and work with the burnisher and needle on all the window panes.

 

* Föreställer Zorn själv / Represents Zorn himself.

 

Total number of copies sold at major auctions 1985 - 2006 = 18 copies

 

 

Some major Exhibitions with this etching

1895 Wiener Künstlerhaus (Vienna)

1906 Galeries Durand-Ruel (Paris)

1921 Museum of Prints & Drawings (Dresden)

1924 Liljevalchs Konsthall (Stockholm)

1930 Liljevalchs Konsthall (Stockholm)

1952 Bibliothéque National de France (Paris)

1960 Swedish National Museum, Stockholm

1976 Augustinermuseum (Freiburg)

1979 Spencer Museum of Art (Kansas, USA)

1979 Springfield Art Museum (USA)

1983 Musée d’Art et d’Histoire (Genève)

1989 Zorn Collections (Mora)

1989 Kunsthalle zu Kiel

1990 Kunsthalle München

1990 Modums Blaafarveværk (Norway)

1993 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston)

2000 Museum of Prints & Drawings (Berlin)

2002 Zorn Collections (Mora)

 

Some Museum Collections with this etching         

Art Institute of Chicago – 3 state (3)

Art Institute of Minneapolis – 3 state

Atkins Museum, USA – 3 state

Bibliothéque National de France (Paris) – 3 state

Gothenburg Museum of Art – 2 state

Hamburger Kunsthalle – 3 state

Hungarian National Museum (Budapest) – 3 state

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston) – 3 state

Kunsthalle Bremen – 3 state

Museum of Prints & Drawings (Berlin) – 3 state

Museum of Prints & Drawings (Dresden) – 3 state

National Museum of Fine Art (Copenhagen) – 3 state

Prince Eugens Waldemarsudde (Stockholm)

Springfield Art Museum (USA) – 2 state

Swedish National Museum (Stockholm) – 3 state

Thielska Art Gallery (Stockholm)

Zorn Collections (Mora) – 2 state (1) and 3 state (1)