Lessons in Far Future
1978
Artist, American, 1922 - 2000
Publisher

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching in black and red on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 15.24 × 15.24 cm (6 × 6 in.)
sheet: 38.1 × 28.89 cm (15 × 11 3/8 in.) -
Accession
2013.121.130
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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