Bartleby the Scrivener
Date1959
Artist
Leonard Baskin
(American sculptor and printmaker, 1922–2000)
MediumWood engraving
Dimensionscomposition: 3 5/8 × 5 1/2 in. (9.2 × 14 cm)
sheet: 11 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (30.3 × 40.5 cm)
sheet: 11 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (30.3 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred Appel, Jr., 2009
Object number2009-25
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe Gehenna Press published editions of several works by Herman Melville (1819–1891). This composition depicts the main character from his short novel, Bartleby the Scrivener. A face resting on its side, the image also can be read as a landscape.
