Leonard Baskin AET 42

1961/1962

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

The image features a close-up illustration of a man's face, focusing on his head and shoulders. The man has a rugged appearance with detailed facial features such as deeply set eyes, a prominent nose, and a beard. He wears a cap that partially covers his forehead and hair, along with a collared shirt. The background is a light green gradient with minimal detail, and the man's silhouette is enclosed in an oval shape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in green and black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift in memory of Alan Ostrow

  • Dimensions

    image: 83.82 × 60.01 cm (33 × 23 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 88.9 × 61.28 cm (35 × 24 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.114.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 420

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Herman Shickman Gallery, New York); Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Ostrow, Chevy Chase, Maryland, 1966; acquired 2006 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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. 420.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 47/100; lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q75423967

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