Leonard Baskin

(Illustration for Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea: The Old Man, Number 2)
c. 1958

A monochromatic etching depicting a standing male figure with exaggerated, elongated limbs and torso, featuring expressive, rough lines and shading that give a sense of depth and texture. The figure's facial features are minimalistic, and the background is plain, emphasizing the starkness of the subject.

A monochromatic etching depicting a standing male figure with exaggerated, elongated limbs and torso, featuring expressive, rough lines and shading that give a sense of depth and texture. The figure's facial features are minimalistic, and the background is plain, emphasizing the starkness of the subject.

Not on view

Date
c. 1958

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink and brush and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 7 3/4in. (25.4 × 19.7 cm)

Accession number
64.62a-b

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Virginia F. and William R. Salomon

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/2318

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017
Transitions at Mid-Century, Works on Paper 1945–1955

Feb 1–May 25, 2002

Leonard Baskin
30 works in the collection

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