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America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Gehenna Press

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A Letter from William Blake

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1964

Wood engraving in black on vellum Accession ID 1980.45.104.a

Not on view
The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1961

Portfolio of 189 linoleum and wood engravings on 68 sheets with colophon, title page, and catalogue/index Accession ID 1964.8.223.1-68

Not on view
a) "The Beggar's Rags, Fluttering in Air Does to Rags the Heavens Tear"; b) "The Questioner, Who Sits so Sly Shall Never Know How to Reply"; c) "The Caterpillar on the Leaf Repeats to Thee Thy Mother's Grief"; d) "Every Wolf's and Lion's Howl Raises from Hell a Human Soul" from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1959 (published 1961)

A) wood engraving on mokuroku wove paper b) wood engraving on mokuroku wove paper c) wood engraving in green on mokuroku wove paper d) wood engraving on mokuroku wove paper Accession ID 1964.8.223.66.a-d

Not on view
Ex-Libris for Dorothy King

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1959 (published 1961)

Wood engraving in black on mokuroku wove paper Accession ID 1964.8.282.e

Not on view
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

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1959

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 Accession ID 1964.8.223.60.a-f

Not on view
Colophon

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1959 (published 1961)

Wood engraving in red on mokuroku wove paper Accession ID 1964.8.223.68

Not on view
a) William Blake; b) "Naught Can So Deform the Human Race Like the Armourer's Iron Embrace" from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1959 (published 1961)

A) wood engraving on mokuroku wove paper b) wood engraving on mokuroku wove paper Accession ID 1964.8.223.65.a-b

Not on view
"The Owl that Calls Upon the Night Speaks the Unbeliever's Fright" from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1959 (published 1961)

Wood engraving on mokuroku wove paper Accession ID 1964.8.223.63

Not on view
Ex-Libris for Frederick Cleveland Mitchell

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1959 (published 1961)

Wood engraving in black on mokuroku wove paper Accession ID 1964.8.282.d

Not on view
"The Caterpillar on the Leaf Repeats to Thee Thy Mother's Grief"

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1959 (published 1961)

Wood engraving in green on mokuroku wove paper Accession ID 1964.8.288.c

Not on view
William Blake

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1959 (published 1964)

Wood engraving in black on vellum Accession ID 1980.45.104.c

Not on view
Ex-Libris for Alex Page

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1959 (published 1961)

Wood engraving in black on mokuroku wove paper Accession ID 1964.8.282.f

Not on view