Monticelli

1969

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

The image displays a side view sketch of a person's head and upper shoulders. The person's head is turned to the side, showing their facial features in profile. The sketch emphasizes a large forehead, a pointed nose, and a full beard. The person has a receding hairline with sparse hair on the top and sides of their head. They are wearing a simple garment that covers their shoulders. The background is plain with no additional details.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45.4 × 45.09 cm (17 7/8 × 17 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 75.88 × 59.69 cm (29 7/8 × 23 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.97

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 552

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. 552.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Monticelli, lower center in graphite: 94/100; lower right in graphite: Baskin; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: BN2

Wikidata ID

Q77005565

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