Caspar David Friedrich

1969

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Gehenna Press

Publisher

The image shows a profile view drawing of a man. He is facing right, with his head and upper torso depicted. The man has a prominent nose and a serious expression, with wrinkles on his face. His short hair is combed to the side. He is dressed in formal attire with a high-collar shirt and a textured jacket or coat. There is no jewelry or objects in his hands. The background is plain, focusing on the central drawing of the man.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on Strathmore wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.92 × 9.84 cm (5 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.31 × 35.24 cm (10 3/4 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.85

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 540

  • 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. 540.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: .BASKIN. 1969; lower left in graphite: 140/175; lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005542

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