Fuseli

1969

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

The image is a close-up portrait focused on the person's face, capturing only the facial features and part of the neck area. The person in the image is depicted in a front-facing position. The drawing highlights the person's facial features with expressive, bold lines, particularly around the eyes, nose, and mouth, creating an impression of depth and emotion. Hair is suggested with simple strokes near the side of the face. The background is a plain, neutral color. There are no accessories or objects. The artwork's signature and annotation appear at the bottom.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 52.07 × 36.2 cm (20 1/2 × 14 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 76.84 × 60.01 cm (30 1/4 × 23 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 534

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

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. 534.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Fuseli A.P.; lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005421

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