Camille Corot

1969

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Gehenna Press

Publisher

The image is a black-and-white print showing the upper half of a person's body, focusing on the head and shoulders. The subject is depicted in a frontal position, looking directly at the viewer. The person's facial features are illustrated with strong lines and shading, giving a rugged and textured appearance, while the hairstyle appears to be short and somewhat tousled. The clothing consists of a high-collared shirt and possibly an overcoat or cape, rendered in a stylized manner with heavy shadows. There are no visible jewelry or accessories, and the subject is not holding any objects. The background is plain with no additional details, emphasizing the figure as the central focal point.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 18.1 × 11.75 cm (7 1/8 × 4 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.56 × 27.94 cm (14 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.82

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 538

  • Portfolio Title

    Laus Pictorum, Portraits of Nineteenth-Century 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. 538.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 140/175; lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005537

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