New York Public Library Poster

1979

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

The image displays a close-up of a person's face with intense shading and bold lines. The individual has deep-set eyes, a detailed mustache, and long hair falling over the forehead. The face is overlaid with bold, black Hebrew script. Above the face, English text reads "Leonard Baskin Calligraphy and Illustrated Books," and at the bottom, more English text reads "New York Public Library 5th Avenue & 42nd Street." The background is a plain light color that highlights the text and face.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 92.08 × 60.96 cm (36 1/4 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.141

  • 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 right on stone: .19.79.; lower right in graphite: Baskin

text in image:
LEONARD BASKIN / CALLIGRAPHY / AND / ILLVSTRATED BOOKS / NEW YORK PUBLIC . LIBRARY / 5TH AVENUE & 42ND STREET .

Markings

embossed: FOX

Wikidata ID

Q77005675

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