Pictor Ignotus
Artist
Leonard Baskin
(born New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1922; died Northampton, Massachusetts, 1977)
Date1969
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsSight: 3 7/8 x 4 in. (9.8 x 10.2 cm)
Sheet Overall: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Mat Overall: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Sheet Overall: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Mat Overall: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineGift of Sherwood and Judith Smith
Terms
- figurative
- wood engraving (process)
Object number2003.65.4
DescriptionCentral shape suggests the head and shoulders of a figure but is infilled with forms and lines that suggest organic objects such as grass and trees. The image is Baskin's response to Robert Browning's poem about the complications of living as an artist and may be a form of symbolic portrait of Browning.On View
Not on view
