Oracular Sybil

1978

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Kennedy Galleries

Publisher

The image shows a composition with a bold green shape resembling a bird overlapping the outline of a human profile drawn with fine lines and stippling. The bird figure aligns with the human silhouette, creating a blend of nature and humanity. The bird's legs are positioned above the head's outline, and its beak emerges from the nose of the human figure. The green area has a textured appearance resembling skin or feathers, enhancing the abstract fusion of forms.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching and aquatint on Velin d'Arches wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    plate: 50.17 × 37.78 cm (19 3/4 × 14 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 76.2 × 56.52 cm (30 × 22 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.131

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 672

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. 672.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Baskin 1978; lower left in graphite: 29/125; lower right in graphite: Baskin

Markings

embossed: Horn Editions

Wikidata ID

Q77005659

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