On my website, I have previously recommended the book, Anders Zorn Självbiografiska Antekningar by Birgitta Sandström. Art books on Anders Zorn aren't readily available in the United States, so I have been happy to have this monograph which I had purchased directly from the Zorn Museum Website. The book is 9 1/4" X 9 1/2", hardcover, contains 299 pages, and the images are good, albeit, small. The text, unfortunately, is in Swedish.Recently, however, I was introduced to another book on Zorn which has been made available in America from several dealers. This book, which goes by the listing, Zorn (Chinese), is 10 1/2" X 13", hardcover, contains 238 pages, and the images are mostly good, and of decent size. As the listing indicates, the text of this book is in Chinese, but there is actually little writing in the book: whereas the Sandström book contains much biography on Zorn, the Chinese Zorn book is all about the images.
The book is split into five sections: biography, watercolor paintings, oil paintings, etchings, and sculpture. The biography section is only ten pages long, and is broken up with several photographs of Zorn and examples of some of his art. There are sixty-nine pages of watercolors, eighty-seven pages of oils, forty-one pages of etchings, and, finally, nineteen pages of his seldom-seen sculptures. Most images are full-page, being approximately 8" X 10". The colors are decent, though there are several in which the chroma in the paintings seems a little dull. Only a few of the pictures show evidence of have been copied from other books (ie. the appearance of CMYK "dots" in a second-generation enlargement). All of the artwork is in color, except for the etchings, of course.
If you are looking for an art book on Anders Zorn, then this is a great book for the money. Other contemporary books on Zorn must also be imported, but generally cost more. I was able to obtain my copy for $59.95, and at that price, and with the size and number of images, I highly recommend it.
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