Pictor Ignotus

1969

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Gehenna Press

Publisher

In the image, bold black lines and curves create an abstract form resembling a human head in profile. The lines evoke hair and facial features in a dense, overlapping composition. The abstract design is enclosed between two thick horizontal lines, similar to a frame. The structure hints at a head shape but retains an enigmatic quality, prompting the viewer to interpret the form within the abstraction.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    image: 9.84 × 10.16 cm (3 7/8 × 4 in.)
    sheet: 35.56 × 27.94 cm (14 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.93

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 546

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. 546.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q77005558

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