Castle Street Dog

1952

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Gehenna Press

Publisher

This is a drawing of a dog with a wrinkled, sagging appearance. The image is rendered in fine, black lines on a plain background. The dog is in a posture suggesting it is intently smelling or examining something on the ground. The lines emphasize the folds and wrinkles of the dog's skin, and its head appears larger due to its lowered position. The drawing portrays minimalism and focuses on the essential characteristics of the animal without added embellishment.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 3.81 × 5.08 cm (1 1/2 × 2 in.)
    sheet: 12.07 × 8.89 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 156

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. 103.

Inscriptions

lower left in block: B / F

Wikidata ID

Q77005426

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