Man of Peace

1952

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names
Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

The image shows a person with a bird perched on their right arm. The person is intricately designed with heavy textured lines and detailed features, including a focused expression. They are wearing a suit with bold, flowing lines. The bird is also intricately drawn with detailed feathers. Surrounding the person are swirling lines and shapes creating an abstract background. There are no visible jewelry pieces, and the background is a simple, light plane contrasting with the complexity of the black line work.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 151.5 × 78.5 cm (59 5/8 × 30 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 218.3 × 101.9 cm (85 15/16 × 40 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.20.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, no. 180

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, D.C.); acquired 1981 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. 180.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q74036502

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