Leonard Baskin at 51

1973

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

The image shows an artistic representation of a man's face in a portrait style. The man is looking directly forward with a serious expression. His facial features are emphasized with bold, dark lines, including his eyes, nose, mouth, and jawline. He appears to have a textured beard and mustache, and his hair is depicted flowing down the sides of his face in a graphic style. The background is olive green with a distressed texture. Below the portrait, the text "L B Æ T S 51" is inscribed in an artistic font. There are no details of clothing, jewelry, or objects depicted.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    block: 82.55 × 59.69 cm (32 1/2 × 23 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 89.22 × 60.96 cm (35 1/8 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.110

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 618

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. 618.

Inscriptions

lower center in block: - L - B - AET - S - 51 -; lower left in graphite: 68/100; lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005595

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