Boar, from Flaubert's "St. Julien the Hospitaller"

1957

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

This is a drawing of a curled-up animal. The drawing displays an animal that is sleeping or resting in a curled position, with its legs gently bent and its tail wrapped around its body. The medium used is likely an ink drawing with fine lines and detailed crosshatching to convey the texture of the animal's fur. The composition is minimalistic, focusing on the form and texture of the animal, and the empty space surrounding it enhances its delicate portrayal.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 6.67 × 14.61 cm (2 5/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 27.31 × 35.4 cm (10 3/4 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.38

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 304

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. 304.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005477

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