Rodolphe Bresdin, French, 1825-1885

1962

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Delphic Arts

Publisher

The image is a portrait showing only the head of a person. The face is depicted stylized and artistically, with prominent facial features like deeply set eyes. The hair is textured, giving volume to the hair and full beard. There is no visible clothing, and the background is a plain, neutral tone.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching 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: 74.93 × 56.2 cm (29 1/2 × 22 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.81

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 424

  • Portfolio Title

    Etchings of Ten Favorite 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. 424.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: A.P.; lower right in graphite: Baskin; lower right in plate: LB [artist's monogram] / 1962

Wikidata ID

Q77005536

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