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

1957

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

This is a drawing of an abstract representation of a horse. The image features a minimalistic and abstract depiction of a horse lying on its back with its legs in the air. The line drawing is simple yet expressive, focusing on the contours and dynamic lines that capture the form and essence of the animal. The background is plain, emphasizing the solitary and confined nature of the artwork. The composition is centered and leaves a significant amount of negative space around the figure.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    image: 8.2 × 7.7 cm (3 1/4 × 3 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.94 × 28.26 cm (11 × 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.41

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 306

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. 306.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005482

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