Calla Lily

1960-1970

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

The image displays a line drawing of a single tall plant rising from a nest-like base of slender, intertwined lines. The plant's stem extends upwards towards the center and is topped with a leaf and a flower spike. The color palette is minimalistic, mainly shades of light beige for the background and darker lines for the plant and its base. The plant is centered on the canvas, with the root structure at the bottom and the leaf and flower reaching upwards.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45.09 × 30.16 cm (17 3/4 × 11 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 75.88 × 56.52 cm (29 7/8 × 22 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.140

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jay Finkel, Washington, DC; acquired 2013 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Baskin / 1970; lower left in graphite: 112/120; lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005674

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