Figures and Portraits: Etchings, Aquatints and Lithographs 1964 – 1978 Selected by Gabriel Baldessin
- George Baldessin

Over this period, figures and portraits transitioned from bulbous biomorphs to a more seductive aesthetic while retaining awkward, sometimes garbled features unsteadily constrained by dark interiors. While these structures gradually took over the artist’s work’s various aspects and supports, this selection focuses on portraiture and figure in print, both etching, aquatint, and lithography.’

– excerpt from ‘George Baldessin Prints 1965-78′ by Gabriel Baldessin, 2023