Leonard Baskin

(Illustration for Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea)
c. 1958

A black ink drawing on an off-white paper depicting an abstract, skeletal-like structure with sharp, elongated protrusions that resemble a fantastical creature or a piece of driftwood. The artwork has a rough, textured appearance with dynamic lines and is signed by the artist in the lower right corner.

A black ink drawing on an off-white paper depicting an abstract, skeletal-like structure with sharp, elongated protrusions that resemble a fantastical creature or a piece of driftwood. The artwork has a rough, textured appearance with dynamic lines and is signed by the artist in the lower right corner.

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Date
c. 1958

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 3/4in. (19.7 × 27.3 cm)

Accession number
96.60.3

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Charles Simon Bequest

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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artworks/10314

Leonard Baskin
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