Bridge Worker

1950

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Graphic Workshop

Publisher

The image shows a stylized print of a person's upper body and head facing forward. Their hands are positioned in front, one in a fist. They have short hair and defined facial features. They wear a textured shirt or jacket and hold an object in one hand. In the background are large structural forms, resembling tower-like structures or industrial scaffolding, with bold lines and patterns, and a bright light or sunburst effect in the top right corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.3 × 10.5 cm (6 × 4 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 21.5 × 15.8 cm (8 7/16 × 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.115.783.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 69

  • Portfolio Title

    People In Print

Associated Artworks

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The image features the cover of a publication titled "PEOPLE IN PRINT." In the center is a black and white block print artwork depicting two faces. The faces are stylized with strong lines and simplified detailing, both figures are wearing head coverings. Underneath the artwork, the cover displays the text "The Graphic Workshop, New York 1950." The background is a solid brown color.

cover image for portfolio People in Print

Leona Pierce Frasconi

1950

People in Print

Various Artists, Graphic Workshop

1950

The image displays a bold, angular shape resembling a human face with exaggerated features, surrounded by intricate lines filled with various symbols and objects. This abstract composition includes items such as stacks of money, pineapples, and coins. There is text reading "Portrait of a Crook" and elements like a fish within the head shape.

J. P. T. Portrait of a Crook

Antonio Frasconi

1950

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sragow Gallery (via Mann Williams Antiques), New York, NY); to Dave H. and Reba W. Williams, Greenwich, CT, 27 May 1993; gift to the NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1984

  • Fern, Alan, and Judith O'Sullivan. The Complete Prints of Leonard Baskin: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1948-1983. Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1984, no. 69.

Inscriptions

lower right edge in black ink by unknown hand: 1

Wikidata ID

Q76549948

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