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
Artist, American, 1922 - 2000
Publisher
Artwork overview
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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
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Credit Line
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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
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Catalogue Raisonné
Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, a) no. 382; b) no. 387; c) no. 389; d) no. 385; e) no. 383; f) no. 381
Associated Artworks
See all 68 artworksThe Wood Engravings of Leonard Baskin 1948-1959
Leonard Baskin, Gehenna Press
1961
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
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