Betrayal

1969

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

The image displays a large, smooth, white shape against a black background. The shape has indeterminate boundaries and may resemble a face in profile, with gentle curves suggesting a forehead and nose. The minimal lines and shadowing create depth and evoke the essence of the human form.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 54.8 x 70.4 cm (21 9/16 x 27 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 63.2 x 84.7 cm (24 7/8 x 33 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.57.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 519

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(The Veerhoff Galleries, Washington, D.C.); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased February 25, 1972; gift to NGA, 2006.

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. 519.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 62/90; lower center in graphite: Betrayal; lower right in graphite: Baskin; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 250.00 / U-1-6 / The Betrayal; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: # 89 MAT / 5 [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q76347338

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