James Ensor, Belgian, 1860-1949

1964

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Delphic Arts

Publisher

The image shows a sketch of a person's face. The sketch highlights the person's facial features, including their eyes, nose, and mouth in detail. The person has a full beard and mustache, with lines indicating age or expression around the eyes and mouth. Their hair is medium length with loose, flowing lines. The sketch is minimalistic, depicting only the face with no clothing or objects. There is no jewelry visible and the background is plain, focusing attention on the facial features.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45.4 × 45.09 cm (17 7/8 × 17 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 76.2 × 56.52 cm (30 × 22 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.61

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 472

  • Portfolio Title

    Portraits of Ten Artists

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. 472.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Ensor; lower center in graphite: artist's proof; lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005515

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