Lavinia

Series: Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches (Plate) 20 x 13 1/2 inches (Sheet)
Signature: Signed in the plate and in pencil
Artist details: American, 1922 - 2000
Date of plate: 1970
Edition: 3/200
Publisher: Gehenna Press

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'Titus Andronicus' is a famously brutal and bloody play, and Lavinia suffers the worst treatment by far. After having her hands and tongue cut off, she still writes the names of the criminals and is later witness to their deaths. Baskin's 'Lavinia' gives her the true, quiet power that her character emanates as a haunting figure that refuses to leave the stage and thus casts her judgement on all of the following atrocities. Baskin shows this ghostly Lavinia with her eyes closed but biting a disembodied hand, fighting still.