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

Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

Gehenna Press

Publisher

Artwork overview

  • 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

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    1964.8.223.60.a-f

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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

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Associated Artworks

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a) Page 3, from "A Poem Called the Tunning of Elynour Rummynge"; b) Page 15, from "A Poem Called the Tunning of Elynour Rummynge" from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1953

Colophon

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1959

a) Edward Calvert, after a Portrait by His Third Son; b) Edward Calvert; c) Frederick Tathem, from a Little-Known Photograph; d) Francis Finch; e) Samuel Palmer, after the Watercolor by Walter from The Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959

Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press

1956


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. 382.

Inscriptions

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.

Markings

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

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65510876


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