George Richmond Engraving "The Shepherd"

1956

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Gehenna Press

Publisher

The image includes intricate black lines and shapes forming an abstract composition with a vertical line bisecting part of it. The arrangement of lines suggests a figure resembling a seated bird or draped fabric leaning to one side. The swirling patterns below could be seen as waves or flowing water.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 5.08 × 3.49 cm (2 × 1 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 12.07 × 9.21 cm (4 3/4 × 3 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.87

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 277

  • Portfolio Title

    Blake and the Youthful Ancients

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. 277.

Wikidata ID

Q77005545

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