1916
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
On the Sands is a 1916 ink by Anders Zorn, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a nude woman lying on the sand, her body relaxed in a diagonal line. Her head is tilted back, and her arms are bent at the elbows, with her hands resting near her shoulders. The background is a simple, abstracted landscape with lines suggesting the beach and the sky. The woman's pose is natural, and her body is rendered in soft, gentle lines. The overall mood of the piece is one of calmness and serenity. If you're interested in learning more about this technique, you might want to look up etching.
Anders Leonard Zorn was born in February 1860 in Mora, Dalarna, the illegitimate son of a Bavarian brewer and a Swedish farmer's daughter; his mother died shortly after his birth, and his grandparents raised him.
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