Leonard Baskin AET 42

1962

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

The image shows a stylized portrait of a man's face and upper torso. The man is faced forward, depicted in a linear, graphic style with bold lines and contrasting colors. His facial features include deep-set eyes, prominent cheekbones, and a thick, textured beard. He wears a hat that covers the top of his forehead, with distinctive lines emphasizing its structure. Below the face, there is a suggestion of a collar. The background consists of a circular black area surrounding the head and shoulders, set against a lighter, textured olive-green rectangular space. In the top right corner, the letters "ET 42" are inscribed.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, printed in green and black, on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    image: 81.28 × 60.01 cm (32 × 23 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 88.27 × 61.6 cm (34 3/4 × 24 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.51

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 420

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. 420.

Inscriptions

upper right in block: LB [artist's monogram] / AET 42; lower left in graphite: 57/100; lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005498

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