Desdemona

1973

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Gehenna Press

Publisher

The image is a black and white linocut print depicting a person's head and upper torso. The person is shown frontally, with their head slightly turned to one side and their face central. Their facial features are stylized with deep shadows and lines. The hair is long and flowing, with wavy lines creating movement. The person's clothing is visible, blending into the background with similar line detailing. There are no visible jewelry or objects. The background is plain with a rectangle framing the person's image, contrasting with the cream-colored negative space around it.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on Strathmore laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jay Finkel

  • Dimensions

    image: 32.39 × 17.15 cm (12 3/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
    folded: 49.53 × 33.02 cm (19 1/2 × 13 in.)
    page size: 49.53 × 66.04 cm (19 1/2 × 26 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.121.69.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 626

  • Portfolio Title

    Othello

Associated Artworks

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Othello

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1973

Othello

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1973

The Handkerchief

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1973

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. 626.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 24x/200; lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005623

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