Fly

1951

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Gehenna Press

Publisher

This is a drawing of four insects arranged in a composition. The primary focus is a large insect with detailed wings and legs on the left side. To the right, three smaller sections feature a different insect in each - a wasp-like insect at the top, a beetle below it, and a caterpillar at the bottom. The insects are drawn in a simplified, linear style using blue ink on a pale background. The drawing features clean lines and a schematic representation of each insect, emphasizing their distinct shapes and textures.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    linocut in blue on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    image: 7.62 × 7.3 cm (3 × 2 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 22.86 × 17.78 cm (9 × 7 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 106

  • Series Title

    A Little Book of Natural History

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jay Finkel, Washington, DC; acquired 2013 by the National Gallery of Art

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. 106.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Baskin

Markings

stamped lower center in blue: 28

Wikidata ID

Q77005415

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