Francisco de Goya, Spanish (1746-1828), from the series Etchings of Ten Favorite Artists
Leonard Baskin, Francisco de Goya, Spanish (1746-1828), from the series Etchings of Ten Favorite Artists, 1962, etching on paper, Museum Purchase: Caroline Ladd Pratt Fund, © The Estate of Leonard Baskin; Courtesy Galerie St. Etienne, New York, 63.28.7
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- Title
Francisco de Goya, Spanish (1746-1828), from the series Etchings of Ten Favorite Artists
- Related Titles
original language: Francisco de Goya, Spanish (1746-1828)
series (original language): Etchings of Ten Favorite Artists
- Artist
- Date
1962
- Medium
etching on paper
- Edition
39/50
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
plate: 14 5/8 in x 17 3/4 in; sheet: 20 5/8 in x 29 1/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature: Baskin, graphite, lower right
title; edition: Goya / 39/50, graphite, lower left
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Caroline Ladd Pratt Fund
- Accession Number
63.28.7
- Copyright
© The Estate of Leonard Baskin; Courtesy Galerie St. Etienne, New York
- Terms
Goya stands out as one of the greats in Leonard Baskin's pantheon of printmakers. In April 1961, the traditionalist Baskin called upon the brotherhood of artists to decry the then-current trends of Pop art, which he felt cheapened the artistic act. His depiction of Goya thus becomes both a critique of current trends and a rally cry to return to the great humanism of Goya:
!T!Are we not kin to Goya? Then how can we abide an art that !T!does not bleed when we prick it? The art of our time is an art of cowardice, a triumph of the trivial, a squandering of treasure. !T!The forging of works of art is one of man’s remaining semblances !T!of divinity.
- Exhibitions
2007 Graphic Force, Humanist Vision: Leonard Baskin Works on Paper Portland Art Museum
2010 More Than a Pretty Face: 150 Years of the Portrait Print Portland Art Museum
2013 In the Studio: Reflections on Artistic Life Portland Art Museum