Caption

Portrait of August Strindberg, print, Swedish playwright, half-figure, sitting at a desk, facing left., printmaker: Anders Leonard Zorn (signed by artist), 1910, paper, etching, height 298 mm x width 199 mm, Person, August Strindberg, historical persons, portrait of a writer, A sepia-toned etching of a seated man shown from the waist up, facing slightly to the viewer's left, with wavy hair swept back and a mustache and goatee, wearing a suit jacket over a collared shirt and a loosely tied cravat; his left arm rests on a surface with fingers visible, and shading lines define the contours of his face and clothing; to the right of the figure a tall narrow bookcase or shelving unit with stacked rectangular spines is visible, and the background is mostly empty with fine speckled texture.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B25_057

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51.7Mb (12.6Mb) / 11.5in x 17.5in / 3446 x 5241 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait August Strindberg print Swedish playwright half-figure sitting desk facing left printmaker Anders Leonard Zorn signed artist 1910 paper etching height 298 mm x width 199 mm Person historical persons portrait writer sepia-toned etching seated man shown waist up facing slightly viewer's left wavy hair swept back mustache goatee wearing suit jacket collared shirt loosely tied cravat left arm rests surface fingers visible shading lines define contours face clothing right figure tall narrow bookcase shelving unit stacked rectangular spines visible background mostly empty fine speckled texture