Solitude

1968

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

This is a drawing of an isolated figure by a horizontal line. To the left side of the image, there is a sketch of a figure with minimal details sitting or standing at the edge of a dark horizontal surface. The line and shading suggest a body of water or a ledge, creating a contrast with the blank space above and to the right. The rest of the composition is minimalist, with negative space emphasizing the solitude of the figure and the linear structure that occupies a third of the drawing from the bottom. The simple and restricted use of lines conveys solitude and contemplation.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.16 × 14.61 cm (4 × 5 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 23.5 × 32.23 cm (9 1/4 × 12 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.17

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 515

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. 515.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 70/250; lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005436

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