Mantegna at Eremitani

1952

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

The image shows a profile view of a person's face and upper body. The person is reclining with their head turned slightly upward. The facial features are stylized and abstract, with exaggerated lines and shapes for the nose, mouth, ear, and closed eye. The person appears to have no hair, with a smooth head and thick black lines around it. They are wearing a dark garment that covers their neck and shoulders. The background is plain with high contrast and sharp lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 36.2 × 63.5 cm (14 1/4 × 25 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1958.8.17

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 181

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 135, repro.

1970

  • Leonard Baskin, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1970, no. 45, repro.

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. 181.

Wikidata ID

Q65361184

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