a) Spider; b) Scorpion; c) Lizard Skeleton; d) Bull from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959
1951 (published 1961)
Artist, American, 1922 - 2000
Publisher
Leonard Baskin
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
a) linocut on Mokuroku wove paper b) linocut on Mokuroku wove paper c) linocut on Mokuroku wove paper d) linocut on Mokuroku wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image (a): 9.5 × 7.5 cm (3 3/4 × 2 15/16 in.)
image (b): 9.5 × 12.5 cm (3 3/4 × 4 15/16 in.)
image (c): 2.5 × 14.7 cm (1 × 5 13/16 in.)
image (d): 9.5 × 14.7 cm (3 3/4 × 5 13/16 in.)
sheet: 42.9 × 44.2 cm (16 7/8 × 17 3/8 in.) -
Accession Number
1964.8.223.7.a-d
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Catalogue Raisonné
Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, a) no. 121; b) no. 120; c) no. 110; d) no. 102
Associated Artworks
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1948
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1961
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Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press
1949
Artwork history & notes
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. 121.
Inscriptions
a) "18" lower center margin, grey ink.
b) "19" lower center margin, grey ink.
c) "20" lower center margin, grey ink.
d) "21" lower center margin, grey ink.
"18-19-20-21" lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).
Watermarks
[three leaves]
Wikidata ID
Q65510718