Shakespeare

1970

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Gehenna Press

Publisher

The image shows an etched portrait of a person, with a partial view of their head and shoulders. The individual's body is not fully visible, and the focus is on their head facing slightly towards the left. The person has prominent eyes, a subtle smile, and wispy, slightly unkempt hair. A simplistic outline of a high-collared garment is visible around the shoulders. No jewelry or objects are shown, and the background is plain.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on Rives BFK wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    plate: 32.7 × 19.37 cm (12 7/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 50.48 × 33.66 cm (19 7/8 × 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.102

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 594

  • Portfolio Title

    Titus Andronicus

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. 594.

Inscriptions

lower edge in plate: BASKIN . 1970; lower left in graphite: 197/200, lower right in graphite: Baskin

Watermarks

BFK

Wikidata ID

Q77005573

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