Castle Street Dogs

1952

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Gehenna Press

Publisher

The image displays black lines and shapes forming abstract patterns within the outline of two animals. The abstract designs suggest the shape of two cows or goats in a stylized manner. The lines within the animals resemble swirling, organic patterns akin to leafy or vine-like structures, enhancing the abstract quality of the artwork. The overall impression is of natural forms merging with artistic abstraction.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 7.62 × 4.45 cm (3 × 1 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 13.97 × 9.53 cm (5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 152

  • Portfolio Title

    Castle Street Dogs

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. 152.

Wikidata ID

Q77005424

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