The Old Print Shop

Reading. (Mr. and Mrs. Charles. Deering).

  • ARTIST: Anders Zorn

  • MEDIUM: Etching,

    DATE: 1893.

  • EDITION SIZE: Edition 40. Image size 9 1/4 x 6 1/4" (23.5 x 15.8 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Zorn met Charles and Marion Deering on his first visit to the United States in 1893; this lamplight double portrait was made in their home in Evanston, Illinois, where he was a frequent guest. Deering had suffered an injury to his eye, which is bandaged in the portrait, and was unable to read for a time. <br><br>

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Third state of three. Signed in pencil.

  • CONDITION: Fair condition, tear in lower margin not in image, skillfully repaired.

  • REFERENCE: Asplund #78. H&H #55.