Seventeenth-Century Poet

1965

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

The image shows the top half of a person's face and a hint of their body, in an abstract presentation. The individual appears to be facing forward. Only the upper face, neck, and part of the chest are visible. The face shows shadowed eyes, a defined nose and mouth framed by short hair. The person wears an elaborate ruffled collar. There are no visible jewelry or objects. The background is a textured, dark gradient blending into a lighter area, emphasizing the person in the upper part of the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45.09 × 37.47 cm (17 3/4 × 14 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 76.2 × 56.2 cm (30 × 22 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.65

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 491

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. 491.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q77005529

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