Lessons in Far Future

1978

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Kennedy Galleries

Publisher

The image shows a profile view of a person's body from the head to the mid-thigh, facing left. The individual has a beard and shoulder-length hair, with a long nose. The figure appears nude or nearly so, with no clothing visible. There are no accessories or objects held. On the right side, there is a block of text with artistic and handwritten elements, including red ink text that reads "LESSONS IN THE FUTURE." The background is filled with a dense, cross-hatched pattern.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black and red on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.24 × 15.24 cm (6 × 6 in.)
    sheet: 38.1 × 28.89 cm (15 × 11 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.130

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 671

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. 671.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate (vertical): Baskin 1978; lower left in graphite: 99/125; lower right in graphite: Baskin
text in plate:
LESSONS IN FAR FVTVRE. / SEE ONE / WHO WEARS NOT / THIS DECADE'S / CLOTHING . NOW QUIET / HVMANS HERD / ESTABLISH TERRITORIES / DEFEND WITH BOMBS / ENJOY {FOR] WAGES] / THE ELECTROCHEMICAL / SATIETY OF NEED. / THE POSSESSED WEAR / BANAL ET WASTED / SYMBOLS / THIS ONE IS AN ARTIST. / TOBIAS BASKIN 1978

Wikidata ID

Q77005657

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