1911
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Wet is a 1911 ink by Anders Zorn, depicting Bathing, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a woman washing clothes in a river. Her hands scrub a white cloth in dark water. She’s bent over, sleeves rolled up, focused on her work. Anders Zorn often used etching to capture light on skin. Here, the wet paper darkens where ink pools, creating soft shadows on her arms. The lines are loose but sure, like quick pencil strokes. Look at how the light hits the water. See how it turns the cloth almost silver. Find more like this at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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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