The Hydrogen Man

1954

Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Leonard Baskin

Printer, American, 1922 - 2000

Leonard Baskin

Publisher, American, 1922 - 2000

Leonard Baskin

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 158.1 × 61.9 cm (62 1/4 × 24 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 223.5 x 101.6 cm (88 x 40 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.20.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 249

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1981

  • Contemporary American Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, unnumbered brochure.

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, 2016-2017, no. 119.

2024

  • The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2024.

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. 249.

Inscriptions

lower left in block: B / F; lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q74036498

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