a) Blind Man; b) Three Blind Men; c) Ex-Libris for Molly and Bill Esty; d) Dead Bird; e) Pomegranate; f) Ex-Libris for Richard G. Dick; g) Mark for Hyman Swetzoff from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959

1952 (published 1961)

Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Gehenna Press

Publisher

Leonard Baskin

Attributed to

Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (a): 4.8 × 3.4 cm (1 7/8 × 1 5/16 in.)
    image (b): 4 × 5 cm (1 9/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
    image (c): 6.9 × 3.4 cm (2 11/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
    image (d): 3.2 × 5.6 cm (1 1/4 × 2 3/16 in.)
    image (e): 1.5 × 2.5 cm (9/16 × 1 in.)
    image (f): 6 × 3.3 cm (2 3/8 × 1 5/16 in.)
    image (g): 2.9 × 1.6 cm (1 1/8 × 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 43 × 44.3 cm (16 15/16 × 17 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.223.13.a-g

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, a) no. 144; b) no. 213; c) no. 164; d) no. 161; e) no. 189; f) no. 165; g) no. 182

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Associated Artworks

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Lovers from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1948

The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1961

Three Nude Men from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959

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. 144.

Inscriptions

a) "48" lower center margin, grey ink.
b) "49" lower center margin, grey ink.
c) "MOLLY & BILL ESTY" lower center composition, black ink. "50" lower center margin, grey ink.
d) "51" lower center margin, grey ink.
e) "52" lower center margin, grey ink.
f) "LABORA ET ORA" upper center composition, red ink. "RICHARD G. DICK" lower center composition, red ink. "53" lower center margin, grey ink.
g) "54" lower center margin, grey ink.
"48-49-50-51-52-53-54" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

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

Watermarks

[three leaves]

Wikidata ID

Q65510752

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