Barracuda

1951

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Gehenna Press

Publisher

The largest object in the image is a stylized black fish positioned in the center of the canvas. The fish features intricate, detailed patterns along its body, resembling scales and fins. The color palette is monochrome, consisting of black and white against a beige background. The fish is oriented horizontally, with its head facing towards the right of the image. The background is largely empty.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    linocut in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    image: 3.81 × 13.02 cm (1 1/2 × 5 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 22.86 × 22.86 cm (9 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.43

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 98

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. 98.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005485

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