Maria Sybilla Merrian

1969

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

The image shows a portrait of a person presented from the head to the upper body, facing forward with a slightly tilted head. The facial features have a textured, stippled effect. The dark hair is depicted within an angular headpiece extending outward on both sides. The individual wears a garment hinting at a traditional style. No jewelry or objects are visible. The background has a minimalistic horizontally brushed pattern in muted green on a beige backdrop.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45.72 × 36.83 cm (18 × 14 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 76.2 × 59.37 cm (30 × 23 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.96

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 550

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. 550.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Merian; lower center in graphite: 21/90; lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005563

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