August Strindberg
1910
19th-20th century
44.9 cm x 32.6 cm (17 11/16 in. x 12 13/16 in.)
Anders Leonard Zorn
(Mora (Sweden), 1860 - 1920, Mora (Sweden))
Primary
Object Type:
print
Artist Nationality:
Europe, Swedish
Medium and Support:
Etching
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002
Accession Number:
2002.1580
The sitter in this portrait is the great Swedish modernist whose plays delve the tensions between the sexes and more broadly between social rule and individual psychology. Rendered by his compatriot, Zorn, both at the height of their fame, the etching is a striking cultural document.