Framed Etching, Young Man by Axel Tallberg, Zorn, 1880
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AXEL TALLBERG (1860–1928)
Zorn, 1880
Etching on paper
Plate: 15 × 10 cm, frame 46 x 34,5 cm.
A young Anders Zorn gazes with quiet intensity in this intimate early portrait by his contemporary Axel Tallberg. Rendered with assured, economical linework, the work captures the future master at the threshold of his celebrated career, sharp-featured and already bearing the focused energy that would define his artistic legacy.
Made in 1880, when both artist and subject were barely twenty, this etching stands as a rare document of mutual artistic kinship between two young Swedes who would each leave an indelible mark on Scandinavian art history.
Signed by hand lower right: a. Tallberg
Signed in the plate: A.T.