Jeanne-Marie

1949

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

The image is a black and white artwork of a stylized figure of a person. The body is depicted in an abstract manner, standing with one hand on the stomach or waist. The facial features are geometric with heavy lines for the nose, lips, and closed eyes. The expression is neutral. The hair is shown with sweeping, thick lines. The figure appears draped in fabric or cloth with linear patterns resembling folds. The background is plain, focusing on the figure.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Calderon)

  • Dimensions

    image: 91.76 × 29.21 cm (36 1/8 × 11 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 105.57 × 34.77 cm (41 9/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2580

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 31

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Calderon, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1975; acquired 2015 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. 31.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Jeanne-Marie - (Rimbaud); lower center in graphite: 10/15; lower right in graphite: Leonard Baskin 1949

Wikidata ID

Q77011612

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