Leonard Baskin

The Hydrogen Man

1954

Dating
Exact year
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
woodcut in black on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 156 × 61 cm (61 7/16 × 24 in.) sheet: 197.5 × 101.7 cm (77 3/4 × 40 1/16 in.)
Collection no.
2008.115.784
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

The Hydrogen Man — Leonard Baskin. 1954.

Medium: woodcut in black on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 156 × 61 cm (61 7/16 × 24 in.) sheet: 197.5 × 101.7 cm (77 3/4 × 40 1/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2008.115.784. Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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