About the Artwork
President William H. Taft
1911
Anders Leonhard Zorn
1860-1920
Swedish
Unknown
Etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 9 3/4 × 7 3/4 inches (24.8 × 19.7 cm) Sheet: 14 1/2 × 11 7/8 inches (36.8 × 30.2 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
City of Detroit Purchase
21.167
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
Artist's mark and date, in plate, lower left corner: 1911 | Zorn Signed, in pencil, lower right: Zorn
Inscribed, in plate, upper right: TAFT | Pres. U. S.
Watermark: [Van Gelder crown]
Provenance
1921-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Anders Leonhard Zorn, President William H. Taft, 1911, etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 21.167.
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