a) Ex-Libris for Cynthia and Paul Seton; b) Ex-Libris for Louis Black; c) Mark for Smith Glass and Mirror Company; d) Ex-Libris for Frederick Cleveland Mitchell; e) Ex-Libris for Dorothy King; f) Ex-Libris for Alex Page from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959, 1959

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portfolio Title

The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959

Medium

a) wood engraving in black and red on Mokuroku wove paper b) wood engraving on Mokuroku wove paper c) wood engraving in black and red on Mokuroku wove paper d) wood engraving in black and red on Mokuroku wove paper e) wood engraving in black and red on Mokuroku wove paper f) wood engraving in black and red on Mokuroku wove paper

Dimensions

image (a): 3.2 × 4.8 cm (1 1/4 × 1 7/8 in.)
image (b): 6 × 3.7 cm (2 3/8 × 1 7/16 in.)
image (c): 4.2 × 3.6 cm (1 5/8 × 1 7/16 in.)
image (d): 3.1 × 3.1 cm (1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
image (e): 2.2 × 3.6 cm (7/8 × 1 7/16 in.)
image (f): 5.8 × 2.5 cm (2 5/16 × 1 in.)

sheet: 43 × 44.3 cm (16 15/16 × 17 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, a) no. 382; b) no. 387; c) no. 389; d) no. 385; e) no. 383; f) no. 381

Accession Number

1964.8.223.60.a-f

Artists / Makers

Leonard Baskin (artist) American, 1922 - 2000

Gehenna Press (publisher)

Image Use

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Inscription

a) "TO KILL A MAN IS / NOT TO DEFEND A DOCTRINE / BUT TO KILL A MAN / CYNTHIA & PAUL SETON" clockwise around image, red and black ink. "169" lower center margin, grey ink.
b) "170" lower center margin, grey ink.
c) "SMITH GLASS AND MIR / ROR COMPANY 84 / PLEASANT STREET NOR / THAMPTON MASS" counterclockwise around image, red ink. "171" lower center margin, grey ink.
d) "EX LIBRIS / FREDERICK / CLEVELAND / MITCHELL" clockwise around image, red ink. "172" lower center margin, grey ink.
e) "EX LIBRIS DOROTHY KING" lower center composition, red ink. "173" lower center margin, grey ink.
f) "LEGERE EST AGERE" upper center margin, red ink. "ALEX PAGE" lower center margin, red ink. "174" lower center margin, grey ink.

Marks and Labels

"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Bibliography

1984: Fern, Alan, and Judith O'Sullivan. The Complete Prints of Leonard Baskin: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1948-1983. Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1984, no. 382.