"Valsen" ("The Waltz")
Signed and dated Zorn ft. [fecit] 1890. Oil on canvas laid down on paper-panel 53 x 34 cm.
Count Louis Sparre (1863-1964, as a gift directly from the artist); private collection.
Liljevalchs Konsthall (Liljevalchs Public Art Gallery), Stockholm, "Anders Zorn. Minnesutställning", March 1 - April 6, 1924, no. 54; Ateneum - Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, "Anders Zorn. Minnesutställning", 1924, no. 13.
'Konstnärsparet Louis och Eva Sparres bostad', article in (Ed.) Albin Roosval, "Svenska hem i ord och bilder", 1913, mentioned p. 279 ("Zorns sällsynta skiss till den bekanta målningen hos Vanderbilt") and illustrated in interior photo from the study p. 281; Tor Hedberg, "Anders Zorn. Ungdomstiden. 1860-1893", SAK, 1923, mentioned p. 150 and illustrated p. 151; Gerda Boëthius, "ZORN. Tecknaren. Målaren. Etsaren. Skulptören", 1949, mentioned p. 288 and listed in the catalogue under 1891, p. 545: "Studie till do Valsen O s. 288 (Greve Louis Sparre, Stockholm)"; Anders Zorn, "Självbiografiska anteckningar" (edited by Hans Henrik Brummer), 1982, mentioned under "Noter och kommentarer", p. 195; Märta Ramsten and Gunnar Ternhag, "Anders Zorn och musiken", 2006, illustrated full page in colour, p. 64.
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