A black-and-white print of an abstract man, composed of curving thin black lines and cartoonishly warped as if being pulled by a vacuum on one side.

The Hydrogen Man

Leonard Baskin (1922-2000)

Date

1954
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Woodcut
Dimensions

Image: 61 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.
Sheet: 76 7/8 x 40 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. beneath image, in graphite: Hydrogen Man
l.l. in block: BL[Monogram] \ F
l.r. beneath image, in graphite: Baskin
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of the artist
Accession Number

1971.18
Copyright

© The Estate of Leonard Baskin; Courtesy Galerie St. Etienne, New York

Location: Off view

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