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About this work

A big, rough prawn fills the page, its body carved in thick black lines. The shell looks almost like armor, with sharp edges and deep grooves. Baskin made this print the same year he started his own press, so it’s one of his earliest woodcuts. The way the ink sits in the carved lines gives the prawn a heavy, almost ancient feel—like something dug up from the ocean floor. If you like how this print mixes simple shapes with strong texture, look up the technique: woodcut.