Thomas Eakins
Date1969, carved 1966
Artist
Leonard Baskin
American sculptor and printmaker, 1922–2000
Publisher
Gehenna Press
American private publisher, 1942–2005
Illustration CitationLaus Pictorum: Portraits of Nineteenth Century Artists. Northampton, Massachusetts: Gehenna Press, 1969.
MediumWood engraving
Dimensionscomposition: 2 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (5.7 × 4.4 cm)
sheet: 13 13/16 × 11 in. (35.1 × 27.9 cm)
sheet: 13 13/16 × 11 in. (35.1 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred Appel, Jr., 2009
Object number2009-49.15
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextAmerican realist painter Thomas Eakins (1844–1916) was an artist with whom Baskin felt an intense personal connection. This portrait is based on a photograph of Eakins taken when he was 28 years old. Baskin has emphasized the wrinkles around his eyes, making him appear older. In his own portraits, Eakins aged his sitters.
Album/Photograph in album
