Hugo Reisinger

1907

Anders Zorn

Associated Names
Anders Zorn

Artist, Swedish, 1860 - 1920

This painting shows a portrait of a middle-aged man who looks out at us. He is seated in a chair, turned slightly to the left, with his hands holding a gray hat in his lap. The man has pale skin with a brown mustache and a neatly trimmed beard, and his hair is slicked back and appears to be balding. He is wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and a patterned tie. On one of his fingers, he wears a gold ring. The background of the painting is an ornate interior, with richly patterned wallpaper, drapery, or furniture suggested by thick brushstrokes in shades of brown, tan, and black.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Curt H. Reisinger

  • Dimensions

    overall: 135.5 x 100.5 cm (53 3/8 x 39 9/16 in.)
    framed: 166.4 x 131.4 cm (65 1/2 x 51 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1957.4.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Commissioned c. 1907 by the sitter, Hugo Reisinger [1856-1914], New York; by inheritance to his son, Curt H. Reisinger [d. 1964], New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • Zorn: Paintings, Graphics, and Sculpture, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama; Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1986, no. 22, repro.

  • Loan for display with permanent collection, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 1986-1994.

1994

  • Anders Zorn, Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm; Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg, 1994-1995, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1995

  • Loan for display with permanent collection, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 1995-present.

Bibliography

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 140.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 127, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 378, repro.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 442, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: i min verstad (in my studio) / Stockholm aug 1907 / Zorn

Wikidata ID

Q19868925

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