The Hanged Man

1955

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

The image depicts a full-body abstract human figure. The person is standing with a slight lean forward, facing left with their head tilted downward. The facial features are suggested through a network of black lines. The hair is shaggy and outlined in black lines. The body is outlined with chaotic lines, creating a skeletal and muscular form. The left arm hangs down, and the right arm is less visible. There are no visible accessories. The background is textured brown, emphasizing the black lines of the figure.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on linen-backed wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 171.1 × 55 cm (67 3/8 × 21 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 191 x 95.1 cm (75 3/16 x 37 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.218

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 255

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; acquired 1964 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. 255.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: the hanged man artists proof; lower right in graphite: Leonard Baskin

Markings

stamped upper right verso in black ink: 73 [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q65510697

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