Portrait of an Irishman, Sean O'Casey

1952

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

The image depicts the upper body of a person in a side profile view. The person is positioned sideways with one hand on their forehead. The facial features are sharp and angular, with deep-set eyes. The hair is short and slightly tousled. The person is wearing a loose-fitting coat or jacket with distinct folds and creases. The background is plain beige. No jewelry or objects are visible in the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    image: 62.87 × 51.44 cm (24 3/4 × 20 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 75.88 × 62.55 cm (29 7/8 × 24 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.14

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 190

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. 190.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Portrait of an Irishman; lower center in graphite: artists proof; lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005431

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