Wolf Robe 1972

Leonard Baskin made this print, Wolf Robe, in 1972. It's all about these confident marks, hatched together to build a form and a face. There’s something so immediate about printmaking. Look at how Baskin uses the starkness of black ink on paper. It’s not just about representation; it’s about the dance of the ink, how it pools and scatters. The lines feel urgent, like he's trying to capture not just a likeness, but a presence. The feather is just a few lines. I keep thinking about the oval framing a second, smaller face in the middle of the chest area. It's another layer of looking, a reflection within a reflection. It reminds me a little of Philip Guston. Both artists wrestled with the idea of truth, both artists understood that art is more about the questions than the answers.