Edward Calvert Preparing to Sacrifice a Lamb, Frederick Tathem, from a Little-Known Photograph, Francis Finch, Samuel Palmer When He First Met William Blake, Edward Calvert

1956

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

This drawing features five small portraits arranged vertically on a light background. Each portrait is enclosed within its own frame. The first portrait shows a figure in a cloak, the second is a side view, the third is of a younger person, the fourth is of a bearded individual, and the fifth has bold lines and a mustache. The style is clean and minimalistic, capturing the distinct characteristics of each portrait.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    five wood engravings printed on smooth wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 34.29 × 27.62 cm (13 1/2 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.29

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 271; also 279, 272, 276, 269

  • Series Title

    Blake and the Youthful Ancients

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.

Inscriptions

in graphite, below lowest block: 16/90 Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005462

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